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Eliot Rosewater

(32,536 posts) Sat Jan 30, 2021, 11:22 AM Jan 2021

Chrome new tab cursor wont default to URL/address bar...

Last edited Sun Jan 31, 2021, 03:57 PM - Edit history (3)

Open a new tab and the cursor goes to the search box in the middle of the page.

On EDGE and in the past on Chrome, it would automatically go to the URL bar at the top.

It makes a big difference, and I cant find a way to fix this on Chrome...anybody?

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Thanks for all who tried to help, I found the answer. I had an extension "switch to new tab" and it was not on, but this is confusing because it was switching to new tab in google the way I like it but the cursor just wasnt popping up where I wanted, until I turned this on.

I also have "new tab redirect" and it is turned off...I started using EDGE because CHROME got real slow on my brand new LG Gram laptop...real fast at first, but now real slow. EDGE that is.

I have 10th gen Intel I7 and I see the newest version of mine has the 11th generation, which is faster I assume.

Wish mine was as fast as when I BOUGHT it a few months ago. I dont know enough about this stuff to check why it slowed down.

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Chrome new tab cursor wont default to URL/address bar... (Original Post) Eliot Rosewater Jan 2021 OP

Update chrome maybe Livluvgrow Jan 2021 #1

Thought of that Eliot Rosewater Jan 2021 #2

Try going to settings and seeing if homepage is turned off. If so turn it on and.. CentralMass Jan 2021 #3

Thanks for helping, "homepage" wording isnt anywhere on my settings... Eliot Rosewater Jan 2021 #4

Turn your computer off.. leave it off for 3 weeks. Srkdqltr Jan 2021 #5

Perhaps it is the google page positioning the cursor. Yonnie3 Jan 2021 #6

Livluvgrow

(379 posts)

1. Update chrome maybe

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Original post)

Sat Jan 30, 2021, 11:28 AM

Jan 2021

Have you updated Chrome they just released version 88 maybe that might help.

Eliot Rosewater

(32,536 posts)

2. Thought of that

Reply to Livluvgrow (Reply #1)

Sat Jan 30, 2021, 11:33 AM

Jan 2021

Google Chrome is up to date
Version 88.0.4324.104 (Official Build) (64-bit)

and I checked it last week, same...but thanks.

CentralMass

(15,538 posts)

3. Try going to settings and seeing if homepage is turned off. If so turn it on and..

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Original post)

Sat Jan 30, 2021, 11:35 AM

Jan 2021

try opening a new browser window

Eliot Rosewater

(32,536 posts)

4. Thanks for helping, "homepage" wording isnt anywhere on my settings...

Reply to CentralMass (Reply #3)

Sat Jan 30, 2021, 12:20 PM

Jan 2021

I have

show home button set to google, but if I change it to new tab page I still get the cursor on the search bar and not up in the url

Tabs open up the way I want and open to Google, everything is good but the cursor wont default into the URL...that is the only issue.

Srkdqltr

(7,660 posts)

5. Turn your computer off.. leave it off for 3 weeks.

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Original post)

Sat Jan 30, 2021, 01:16 PM

Jan 2021

Don't touch it or any other computer. Then come back and see if that still happens or bothers you.

Yonnie3

(18,111 posts)

6. Perhaps it is the google page positioning the cursor.

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Original post)

Sat Jan 30, 2021, 01:44 PM

Jan 2021

I don't use Chrome on this computer, but in Edge and Firefox, when I go to the Google front page my cursor is positioned in the Google search box.

Various other web pages seem to place the cursor where they want it.

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