Mozilla adds Search Functionality to Firefox New Preferences

Mozilla is working on new Preferences for Firefox browser by reorganizing the current one in release version. Like Chrome, which allows to search within settings, the company has added experimental search box to reorganized preferences, currently available via about:config, but disabled by default in Nightly (Firefox 55).

You need to toggle this preference value browser.preferences.search to ‘true‘ to see it in action. Without you need to dig into settings, the search box appear on top right of about:preferences page shows the search results after typing whatever you’re looking for.

Mozilla adds experimental search capability to about:preferences

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Venkat Eswarlu

Venkat is an independent technology journalist and the founder of Techdows. He has been covering web browsers, Windows, and software news since 2009. His exclusive scoops on Chrome, Firefox, and Edge features have been cited by Forbes, TechCrunch, Wired, CNET, and other major publications.

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