I Want to hide the IE 7 Search Bar!

Not sure if this is the right place to post but here goes.

 

I want to be able to hide the search bar in IE 7! Now with Beta 3 you still can not do this. Microsoft why will you not add this little option?

 

Please someone know how to hide it?

 

 

Do you use the address bar to write things down or something? Or does the search bar cause some sort of discomfort for you?

I use something called Roboform which has a search bar with better options then the IE 7 search bar. And I do not need 2 search bars taking up space in the browser.

I think you are SOL, but at least it is in-line with the address bar so you are not losing much space.

What features does RoboForm provide that the IE search does not?

For me, all I need from my search bar is the ability to point it at all the different engines I use, so I am good to go..

(Actually I use the reg-entries to set up all the search engines I use so I can use them directly from the address-bar. I just type the address 'g keyword' to search google for example. I have about 20 different ones defined.)

Jorgie

Rowan wrote:

Do you use the address bar to write things down or something? Or does the search bar cause some sort of discomfort for you?

I've got the same problem, I just don't feel comfortable using search bars, I prefer typing Alt+Home to go to Google and type my query in there, I guess because it doesn't involve me touching my mouse.

W3bbo wrote:


I've got the same problem, I just don't feel comfortable using search bars, I prefer typing Alt+Home to go to Google and type my query in there, I guess because it doesn't involve me touching my mouse.

So why dont you just hit Ctrl-T, Ctrl-E?

That opens a new tab and then puts the focus in the search bar.

Jorgie

W3bbo wrote:

Rowan wrote:Do you use the address bar to write things down or something? Or does the search bar cause some sort of discomfort for you?

I've got the same problem, I just don't feel comfortable using search bars, I prefer typing Alt+Home to go to Google and type my query in there, I guess because it doesn't involve me touching my mouse.

You can always press Ctrl+K to jump to the search box (in Firefox at least, I am assuming IE7 also has a shortcut).

Jorgie wrote:



W3bbo wrote: I've got the same problem, I just don't feel comfortable using search bars, I prefer typing Alt+Home to go to Google and type my query in there, I guess because it doesn't involve me touching my mouse.

So why dont you just hit Ctrl-T, Ctrl-E?

That opens a new tab and then puts the focus in the search bar.

Jorgie

Or even ctrl+e > type > alt+enter.

Rowan wrote:


Or even ctrl+e > type > alt+enter.

Thanks

Cool, it turns out you can just hit Ctrl-E to go to the search bar, and then use *Enter* to get the result in the current tab or *Alt-Enter* to get them in a new tab!

Sweet!

(Dang! Guess I need to *refresh* before replying to myself!)

Rowan wrote:

Do you use the address bar to write things down or something? Or does the search bar cause some sort of discomfort for you?

It IS a bit of an eyesore...even in FF I hate the search bar....that being said I never actually tried getting rid of it.

W3bbo wrote:



Rowan wrote:Do you use the address bar to write things down or something? Or does the search bar cause some sort of discomfort for you?

I've got the same problem, I just don't feel comfortable using search bars, I prefer typing Alt+Home to go to Google and type my query in there, I guess because it doesn't involve me touching my mouse.

I also don't really like using the search bars, I have noticed that people I know who spend as little time as possible in front of the computer really like them, this might be because it is less complex, or just because there is less typing.

I usually just open a new tab (Ctrl+T) then click the home button, sadly I have always done it this way (involving mouse use) so I don't think I will change very soon.

Angus Higgins