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(In reply to :Gijs (he/him) from comment #151)
> (In reply to smmalis37 from comment #150)
> > > What happened so shift+enter and ctrl+shift+enter?
> > > Up to know shift+enter did .net and ctrl+shift+enter did .org.. now it does
> > > open a new window or simply use .com.
> >
> > I've been a Firefox user for years now. I use these keyboard shortcuts
> > daily. net and org are still extremely common TLDs, even with others
> > becoming more common. This change is annoying enough for me to seriously
> > consider downgrading to 63. I ask the Firefox team to please consider
> > reverting this change until there is a way for this functionality to be
> > supported by an extension.
>
> I don't see this happening. Consistency both with other browsers and other
> shortcuts trumps the need for alternative domain autocompleting (and really,
> without the other browsers it would probably have trumped .com autocomplete,
> too).
>
> I'm also really quite confused by the .net / .org case - do you turn off
> autocomplete and/or history (in the location bar), or something? Why can't
> you just hit "normal" enter when the domain you want gets autocompleted? Do
> you just visit new .net/.org domains (where you somehow do know the exact
> TLD you want, so you don't use a search engine, but you have never visited
> before) every day? That seems like a very niche usecase...
>
> In terms of add-ons, it'd be pretty trivial to write an add-on that just
> provided you a toolbar button that, when clicked (or activated via a new
> shortcut of the add-on's choosing), provided an alternative input, where you
> could type anything and it'd just suffix '.net' or '.org' and navigate the
> current URL to it. I accept that's quite kludgy, but if you really can't use
> autocomplete / history for this and are annoyed at typing '.net' or '.org'
> after URLs, I think that might currently be your best option.
I do have history turned off, but visit previously visited sites that I do know that TLD for and do not need to search for, thus pressing [Ctrl+]Shift+Enter for .net / .org directly. I see the usefulness in being able to open new windows from the awesome bar, but the .net / .org is still widely enough used TLDs that such autocomplete is desired behavior for some. Any advice on reverting the behavior, or making a toggle between 'TLD autocomplete' and 'open address in new window' possible?