Safari 8.0.4 Favorites stay open after search

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Safari 8.0.4 Favorites stay open after search

Hello,

this is something that’s been happening since Safari 8.0.0 (and still does on Safari 8.0.4) on OS X 10.10.X. When I’m using Safari in fullscreen mode and I use the Smart Search, my Favorites and Top Sites are shown in this little pop-up. When I use Safari in windowed mode, the favorites/top search/history "bar" disappears, but when I'm in fullscreen mode the favorites "bar" stays. I have to manually click somewhere or press ESC to make it disappear.

Does anybody else notice this behavior? Is there a workaround (other than deactivating the favorites in the smart search field)?

Thanks a lot,

Marko

MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Mar 18, 2015 11:00 AM

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Answer 1

Mar 18, 2015 11:18 AM in response to DerMarko

To Change favorites behavior > uncheck > in Safari preferences > Search > Show Favorites ......This is the only method I know of..no workaround other than keyboard clicking etc.

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Mar 18, 2015 11:19 AM in response to PATRICKMELE

Thanks, but not really what I’m looking for. I know about this, and I want the Favorites in the Smart Search Field, but I want it to disappear after I entered my search term. And it does, but only when Safari is windowed.

How does Safari behave on your machine? Do the Favorites keep popping up after you entered your search?

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DerMarko Author

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Mar 18, 2015 1:12 PM in response to DerMarko

I just realized I didn’t put my actual problem that well:

The problem is that the Favorites stay open after I entered a search term. Here’s what I do and what happens:

When in fullscreen: When I click into the Smart Search Field, the pop-up with my favorites appears. Then I enter some search term and press Enter. Google opens with my search query and the pop-up with my favorites appears again.

When Safari is windowed: When I click into the Smart Search Field, the pop-up with my favorites appears. Then I enter some search term and press Enter. Google opens with my search query, but this time the pop-up with my favorites does not appear.

I think the latter one is how it is supposed to work, but I’m not sure.

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thmsmlr

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Oct 3, 2015 4:51 PM in response to DerMarko

I have this problem too, though It seems to only happen on if the search bar is set to use Google. Doesn't seem to happen when you use Bing or Yahoo. Have you found a solution yet?

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