How to make search bar work again
My search bar at the top right stopped working after updating to version 60.0.1 I can type things, but enter, clicking the arrow to make it search, and the options to pick which search engine to use are all non-functioning. I tried it in safe mode and it does work there, though. I looked up the problem and it's not a new one, but the solutions suggested in older threads don't work for me. I tried disabling add-ons, then removing them entirely. I tried turning compatibility mode on and off. Tried turning off hardware acceleration. Nothing works, so I'm at a loss for what else to try, since safe mode does work.
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Hi Zagil, have you created either of the customization files userChrome.css or userContent.css? These are both disabled by Firefox's Safe Mode, along with extensions, hardware acceleration of graphics/video, JavaScript compilers, and probably a few other things.
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Please try this as : Certain Firefox problems can be solved by performing a Clean reinstall. This means you remove your Firefox program files and then reinstall Firefox. This process does not remove your Firefox profile data (such as bookmarks and passwords), since that information is stored in a different location.
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).
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- Windows:
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Hi Zagil, have you created either of the customization files userChrome.css or userContent.css? These are both disabled by Firefox's Safe Mode, along with extensions, hardware acceleration of graphics/video, JavaScript compilers, and probably a few other things.
Deleting userChrome.css did the trick, though now I need a new way to get my tabs pointing downward, again.
Zagil said
Deleting userChrome.css did the trick, though now I need a new way to get my tabs pointing downward, again.
What do you mean by "pointing downward"?
If you go to the Windows Recycle Bin and right-click > Restore userChrome.css, you could try to remove just the parts that could affect the search bar while keeping your other rules.
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