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menus and search bars flash when typing then disappear or appear totally tranparent

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djharwood529
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The drop down boxes on menus and the search bar flash then disappear when typing. They are still their but all you can see is the outline of the box but no characters.

The drop down boxes on menus and the search bar flash then disappear when typing. They are still their but all you can see is the outline of the box but no characters.

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cor-el
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Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the extensions is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).

In Firefox 4 and later Safe mode disables extensions and disables hardware acceleration.

  • Tools > Options > Advanced > General > Browsing: "Use hardware acceleration when available"

If disabling hardware acceleration works then check if there is an update available for your graphics display driver.