Default search engine will not show

after the update to 35.0 yesterday my search engines wil not show.
In the add search engines they show, but not on the search bar.
See images for example.
Is this a bug, or am I doing something wrong?

hello imans314, the multiple engines should appear once you start typing in the searchbar. if you just hit enter after the search term it will go to your default engine...

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