Firefox won't go

When I had Firefox 3.6, whenever I would enter in a letter, there was a drop down menu that would appear below the search bar. If I found the thing I want, I was able to click on it, and Firefox would go directly to the page, no other clicks required.
However, now that I have Version 12, the dropdown menu still appears, but now when I try to click to a page on my dropdown menu, it will show the url, but to actually get to the page I want, I have to click the arrow on the menu bar.
how do I fix this so that I can have it like I described in the first paragraph?

Hi ponyparty,
If I understand you right then firefox v12 certainly should do what you describe by default. Just to check I understand you right I'll put it in my own words:
* You click into the awesome (url) bar
* You start typing a web address e.g. 'www.hot'
* Firefox loads the suggestion 'www.hotmail.com' underneath.
* You mouse click on the suggestion under the awesome bar.
* The url populates into the awesome bar but the site does not load
* You click the arrow and the site loads
Is that right?
I think the first thing is to check that it is not one of your addons that is causing the problem. Start firefox in [[Safe Mode]] and see if the problem repeats. If it is solved then the problem is one of your addons. Start firefox again and disable them one by one until you have found the one causing the problem.
I hope that helps. Let me know if starting in safe mode doesn't solve the problem.

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