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Typing in the box of about:config does not work

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volovyan
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1. about:config. Click the button in the warning window. Try to type the name of the parameter e.g. typeahead. 2. Ctrl+F sometimes scrolls page to the bottom instead of displaying the "Find" bar. (might be related to 1).

1. about:config. Click the button in the warning window. Try to type the name of the parameter e.g. typeahead. 2. Ctrl+F sometimes scrolls page to the bottom instead of displaying the "Find" bar. (might be related to 1).

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cor-el
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The Find doesn't work on the about:config page. Use the Filter bar at the top if you want to locate prefs. That Filter bar also accepts regular expressions and wildcards.

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volovyan
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I shoud've been more specific. Typing in the filter of about:config does not work. Also when open "normal" page sometimes pressing Ctrl-f scrolls to the bottom of the screen instead of 

opening the search box. In 3.6 thete were no problem with that.
cor-el
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Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the add-ons is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Add-ons > Themes).

  • Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.

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volovyan
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Thank you! It was an extension indeed. Though, now I enabled all of them and no problems so far. Weird.