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Firefox will not let me finish entering a word

stevejinde
stevejinde
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Firefox will not let me finish entering a word in for example, Google Maps, as it keeps highlighting the text after about 3 letters and so I keep typing over the last letters never to be able to complete a word or enter a town name! How can I fix it? I've unchecked "Use hardware acceleration when available" and that didn't help and I had the same problem on my previous computer...

Firefox will not let me finish entering a word in for example, Google Maps, as it keeps highlighting the text after about 3 letters and so I keep typing over the last letters never to be able to complete a word or enter a town name! How can I fix it? I've unchecked "Use hardware acceleration when available" and that didn't help and I had the same problem on my previous computer...

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Hmm, what could cause that?

Ctrl+A (Select All) or Shift+Home (select to start) would select the text in the field, but both of those would be quite difficult to type accidentally.

Is Firefox showing any suggestions in a drop-down on the field that might be a factor?

Does it seem that Firefox might be losing the focus at any point, like quickly switching away from Firefox to a different app and then back again? I guess if you aren't losing any keystrokes, probably not. As a test, you might just type asdf over and over and keep your eyes on the tab bar. The text will be faded if Firefox loses the focus (if that ceases to be the active window).