The remedy that you recently implemented has a new bug. The keyboard will no longer properly disappear when clearing the URL bar of an existing tab, hence blocking the lower half of any favorites.
The only way you get access to all your favorites is having to open a new tab each time. Frankly, I’d prefer a one-tap experience to my favorites by having a button on the bottom of the browser. But in absence of that, please at least restore the ability to view all favorites when tapping the URL bar and clearing it.