I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium OS.
When I open Firefox browser it goes to my homepage which is GOOGLE search. When I start to enter a search term it autocompletes several possible options in a dropdown menu.

When I open a new tab it shows a page with multiple choices of sites I have visited in history. And when I start to enter a search term it does not autocomplete any options.

Question is either how do I make it autocomplete options on the page that loads when I open a new tab?
or
How do I make it go straight to my 'Google' search homepage when I open a new tab?

Attached are examples of each page when entering the partial search term for 'american pharoh'

[attachment deleted by admin to conserve space]1st page of Options...Check "Don't load tabs until selected"...

This will open blank new tabs.I don't know if Patio's answer works with Firefox after version 41???

The new tab (the one with rows of thumbnails is the Firefox default for a new tab (the url is about:newtab). I know of at least 2 Firefox add-ons that allow changing this, there are probably others:

This is the one I use:

Classic Theme Restorer

Does lots of handy things including new tab choices

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-gb/firefox/addon/classicthemerestorer/

In its Options choose "Tabs (2)" and check (tick) "Custom new tab page url" and type the url of your desired page that you want to see when you open a new tab.

or just a new tab chooser add-on

New Tab Override

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/new-tab-override/

In its Options, various choices for new tab: about:blank, about:home, about:newtab, Homepage, custom url, or LINK from clipboard



Or do nothing. Just select google in the page with history.
Screen shot attached.
I just click on the Google thing iin new tab page. The it behaves like you expect it would.



[attachment deleted by admin to conserve space]Quote from: Geek-9pm on January 14, 2016, 12:28:36 PM

I just click on the Google thing iin new tab page.