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firefox 4 findbar is strange and annoying

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iLLuSia
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hi, the findbar i mean is that one activated by pressing ctrl+f. when i start typing in the box, the cursor jumps out in the middle of the word and the rest gets ignored. it happens sometimes, when firefox finds a piece matching it (but not the right one of course), or finds out that there are no words matching it any more. sometimes it just happens for no logical reason. if i misstype, press backspace and he decides to throw out the cursor, i go a page backwards (this annoys me the most). sometimes he jumps out after every single character and it takes lots of time to type the whole word.

the opposite is happening on the google-page: when i place the cursor outside the search box (for example when i press backspace, to go back a page - im using this often on my laptop because it has no mouse), it just goes in again and changes my searching results.

both problems occur on my pc and my laptop as well. i dont know if this is a bug or something else, but it wasnt happening with firefox 3.5. looked for a solution for quite some time now. is there a way to fix this?

hi, the findbar i mean is that one activated by pressing ctrl+f. when i start typing in the box, the cursor jumps out in the middle of the word and the rest gets ignored. it happens sometimes, when firefox finds a piece matching it (but not the right one of course), or finds out that there are no words matching it any more. sometimes it just happens for no logical reason. if i misstype, press backspace and he decides to throw out the cursor, i go a page backwards (this annoys me the most). sometimes he jumps out after every single character and it takes lots of time to type the whole word. the opposite is happening on the google-page: when i place the cursor outside the search box (for example when i press backspace, to go back a page - im using this often on my laptop because it has no mouse), it just goes in again and changes my searching results. both problems occur on my pc and my laptop as well. i dont know if this is a bug or something else, but it wasnt happening with firefox 3.5. looked for a solution for quite some time now. is there a way to fix this?

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This issue can be caused by an extension that isn't working properly.

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).

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David McRitchie
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I am assuming that you are describing action as if you had used "Ctrl+F" but are trying to fill in a text box on a form.

To turn off:

  1. Tools > Options >Advanced >General >Accessibility:
  2. (uncheck) Search for text when I start typing

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cor-el
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This issue can be caused by an extension that isn't working properly.

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).

iLLuSia
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the problem was caused by the plugin "fast video download 4.0.2", which i forgot to mention, though i havent found a solution yet to make it and the searchbar work properly. ill check for updates now.

thanks a lot for the help

edit: no updates found, but the solution is to disable the searchmenu in the plugin (dont know anyway what its doing) either by clicking on the icon >> options >> disable searchmenu or in the settings in the add-ons. plugin still working and searchbox now properly working.

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