06-17-2006, 08:54 AM
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Im running Firefox and it has a very annoying problem.
Frequently when typing form data the cursor will mysteriously jump into the "find" field on the bottom left. The only way to stop it is to open a new browser. It's been doing this for sometime despite several Firefox updates.
Only doing this on 1 of 4 computers
Very annoying indeed even Google searches can require 3 attempts.
Anyone experienced this and found a fix ?
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06-17-2006, 09:41 AM
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Yeah, it's doing that for me, too.
Everytime I hit the ' key when searching Google and other places, it opens the search box. At first, I had no clue what was doing it, but after a few "pressing of keys," I finally figured out what it was.
I'm interested in a fix as well. 
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06-17-2006, 09:54 AM
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Firefox used to be a great browser, now it seems to be getting more bugs with every "update"
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06-17-2006, 04:24 PM
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Well, IE or Firefox, that is the question. Its still firefox for me. Hopefully they will update these errors quickly.... Although I wish the 'open-source' community would release these patches more frequently.
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06-17-2006, 04:37 PM
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You might consider renaming your .mozilla folder (on *nix, you are on your own on Windows) - start up a new session of Firefox and see if bug persists.
If problem persists, you can always use Seamonkey in the meantime.
Don't forget to report Firefox problems: http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/bugs
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06-17-2006, 08:27 PM
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You can turn it off:
Click Tools > Options > Choose the "Advanced" Tab > The choose "General" subtab > Then uncheck "Begin finding when you begin typing"
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06-17-2006, 11:35 PM
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Just click the x next to the find box. And hit ctrl +f when you need it again.
Unless I am misunderstanding the issue.
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06-18-2006, 01:09 AM
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This is a common FireFox problem, I have it as well. Even though it is an annoyance, the benefits of FireFox far outweigh this problem. I am hoping Mozilla will see this and fix it either in a later version of FireFox 1.5.0.x or in FireFox 2.x.
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06-18-2006, 01:55 AM
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Originally Posted by stealthdevil
You can turn it off:
Click Tools > Options > Choose the "Advanced" Tab > The choose "General" subtab > Then uncheck "Begin finding when you begin typing"
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Yeah that cured some of the problem but it still does it frequently when ' key is used.
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06-18-2006, 01:15 PM
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Hmm never heard of this, i'm assuming reinstalling won't help?
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