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when i type in the subject line it automatically types in the browser search bar? How do I stop it from doing that?

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madisonfoot
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when i try to type in the subject line of my email, it starts typing or goes to my search bar searching for those characters or words. How do I stop this?

when i try to type in the subject line of my email, it starts typing or goes to my search bar searching for those characters or words. How do I stop this?

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Chiranjit Biswas
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at 1st in the Location bar, type 'about:config' and press Enter. Then in the Search field, type 'browser.urlbar. autofill'. Then Double-click the browser.urlbar. autofill preference to set its value to false.

cor-el
cor-el
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Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).

  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window or otherwise make changes.

See also http://kb.mozillazine.org/Find_bar_opens_when_typing_in_textbox