Address bar not showing what is being typed
When I type in the address bar I can not see what I am typing.
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Does the cursor advances normally when you type?
Is there any text that you have typed appearing if you try to select that with the mouse or with Ctrl+A (i.e. the text is there but invisible)?
Is this only happening on the location/address bar or also in the search bar and in input fields on a web page?
Only in the address bar, cursor advances normally, and text is invisible.
Are you using an dark theme or an inverted high-contrast theme on Windows?
Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox menu button/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.
- Switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox menu button/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
- Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window
- https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
- https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes
This can be a problem with the font that is used to display the text.
You can do a font test to see if you can identify corrupted font(s).
You can try different default fonts and temporarily disable website fonts to test the selected default font.
- Tools > Options > Content : Fonts & Colors > Advanced
- [ ] "Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of my selections above"