Viewing contacts/accounts/leads without editing

Viewing contacts/accounts/leads without editing

After a name search from the homepage (upper left corner), we get a list of search results and for some reason the lead or contact name field is never hotlinked to view it without editing it.

The only way to actually view the info is to click on the edit icon to the left.

How is this corrected? Most of the time we simply wish to view the record, not to edit it.

Thanks.

Stan