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What does begin searching mean?

I just tested, the tab key cycles through the list of results for the input typed into the location bar. What should happen instead?

If I type 'goog', and the history result is google.com, then pressing tab should result in calling the search function in the tab with google as the search engine, and with the cursor in the box for the query.

It should not cycle through the drop down menu.

I can offer you search engine bookmarks as an alternative way to achieve this. For example, I have bookmarked https://www.npmjs.com/search?q=%s with the keyword `n`, and https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/search?q=%s with the keyword `mdn`. In the location bar, I type `mdn font-family` and submit, and this kicks off the search.

that literally works in Firefox. It didn't in earlier versions, but it does now.

This feature is present in my install. You should try updating perhaps.

Will try.