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Address bar caret lands before the homepage URL

On a new tab the cursor lands at the start of the address bar, so typed text is prepended to the homepage URL.

Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.

6 public reports · first reported 11 December 2017 · last reported 21 November 2025

Idea report · $19 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

When a Firefox user opens a new tab, this add-on loads the chosen homepage, but the address bar cursor is placed at the start of the URL instead of selecting it.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

In the idea report

  • The full summary.
  • The products the 6 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.