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Chrome & Firefox search filter buttons not showing
« on: January 19, 2023, 12:51:31 PM »
SWMBO is having an issue where her Chrome and Firefox browsers. When searching (typing into the address bar), results used to come with a line of filters buttons at the top of the page labeled ALL, News, Images, Videos, Books, and More. A couple of days ago, her Chrome and Firefox browsers stopped displaying these filter options. The odd thing is, if she goes into Bing, it displays them, but using the baked-in search bar on Chrome and Firefox doesn't.

I've done a fair bit of looking but can't figure out a way to toggle these filter buttons on/off. Suggestions?

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Re: Chrome & Firefox search filter buttons not showing
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2023, 12:55:05 PM »
The toolbar settings for her Chrome and Firefox browsers might have changed after they went through and update.  That happens to me from time to time on Firefox and Brave.
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Re: Chrome & Firefox search filter buttons not showing
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2023, 03:29:27 PM »
What version of FF is she using?  I'm on a Win. 7 desktop and the most recent version I have is 109.0 that downloaded a couple of days ago.
I don't use the address bar to search as I use duck-duck-go in a separate search bar.  I don't get any "filters" to show up using the address bar.
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Re: Chrome & Firefox search filter buttons not showing
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2023, 04:29:19 PM »
I wonder if she had some sort of adware search helper installed that was giving her those options.  It isn't something I've noticed before.
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Re: Chrome & Firefox search filter buttons not showing
« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2023, 04:46:32 PM »
It's the panel sandwiched between the search field and search results. I think Google refers to them as Result Filters or similar. From what I've learned, it's kinda a spontaneous glitch that seems to correct itself just as spontaneously after a couple of days.

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