Instant one off searches

Author: K4sum1

browser/app/profile/firefox.js

@@ -569,6 +569,9 @@ pref("browser.urlbar.resultMenu.keyboardAccessible", true);
 // If true, we show tail suggestions when available.
 pref("browser.urlbar.richSuggestions.tail", true);
 
+// If true, top sites may include sponsored ones.
+pref("browser.urlbar.oneOffsInstant", true);
+
 // If true, top sites may include sponsored ones.
 pref("browser.urlbar.sponsoredTopSites", false);
 

browser/components/preferences/main.inc.xhtml

@@ -114,6 +114,13 @@
   </hbox>
   <description class="indent tip-caption" data-l10n-id="r3dfox-caption-text-desc"/>
 
+  <hbox align="center">
+    <checkbox id="r3dfoxoneoffs"
+              data-l10n-id="r3dfox-one-offs"
+              preference="browser.urlbar.oneOffsInstant"/>
+  </hbox>
+  <description class="indent tip-caption" data-l10n-id="r3dfox-one-offs-desc"/>
+
   <hbox align="center">
     <checkbox id="r3dfoxe10s"
               data-l10n-id="r3dfox-e10s"

browser/components/preferences/main.js

@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ Preferences.addAll([
   { id: "r3dfox.aero.fog", type: "bool" },
   { id: "r3dfox.force.transparency", type: "bool" },
   { id: "r3dfox.caption.text.color", type: "bool" },
+  { id: "browser.urlbar.oneOffsInstant", type: "bool" },
   { id: "browser.e10s.disabled", type: "bool" },
 
   /* Tab preferences

browser/components/urlbar/UrlbarPrefs.sys.mjs

@@ -167,6 +167,10 @@ const PREF_URLBAR_DEFAULTS = new Map([
   // Timeout for Merino fetches (ms).
   ["merino.timeoutMs", 200],
 
+  // Whether the urlbar one-offs act as search filters instead of executing a
+  // search immediately.
+  ["oneOffsInstant", true],
+
   // Whether addresses and search results typed into the address bar
   // should be opened in new tabs by default.
   ["openintab", false],

browser/components/urlbar/UrlbarSearchOneOffs.sys.mjs

@@ -366,9 +366,10 @@ export class UrlbarSearchOneOffs extends SearchOneOffs {
     // Some key combinations should execute a search immediately. We handle
     // these here, outside the switch statement.
     if (
-      userTypedSearchString &&
-      engine &&
-      (event.shiftKey || where != "current")
+      lazy.UrlbarPrefs.get("oneOffsInstant") ||
+      (userTypedSearchString &&
+        engine &&
+        (event.shiftKey || where != "current"))
     ) {
       this.input.handleNavigation({
         event,

browser/locales/en-US/browser/preferences/preferences.ftl

@@ -195,6 +195,11 @@ r3dfox-caption-text =
 
 r3dfox-caption-text-desc = Enable for white caption text.
 
+r3dfox-one-offs =
+    .label = Instant one off searches
+
+r3dfox-one-offs-desc = Enable for instant one off searches.
+
 r3dfox-e10s =
     .label = (BETA) Disable e10s (multiprocess)