everytime i upgrade firefox now i lose a bit more functionality... before when i opened a new tab i had to click the google homepage button in order to type in the browser address bar.. now i upgraded again and can't type in the google bar or the address bar at all.. the only reason i got to this page with firefox is because it was my homepage.. i hate to not use firefox as i love it.. but chrome is starting to look better. :(
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Hossmf 6 months ago Try to reset your browser [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/reset-preferences-fix-problems?esab=...] or get into safe mode and find out what makes the issue [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-using-sa...]
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meekon5 4 months ago Safe mode just replicates the problem.
I've deleted "localstore.rdf" from my profile (put it back once I realised it had no effect).
I've disabled and removed add-ons.
Still no effect.
I'm even having to type this in a text editor and cut and paste it into the window on the forum.
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cor-el 4 months ago Try to remove the Firefox plist file (org.mozilla.firefox.plist).
- http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20060606082246983 How .plist files become corrupt and troubleshooting the results
Go to "~/Library/Preferences" and remove the plist file for Firefox (org.mozilla.firefox.plist)
Create a new profile as a test to check if your current profile is causing the problems.
See "Creating a profile":
- https://support.mozilla.org/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Standard_diagnostic_-_Firefox#Profile_issues
If the new profile works then you can transfer some files from an existing profile to the new profile, but be careful not to copy corrupted files.
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meekon5 4 months ago Thanks for this.
Only problem I have no "org.mozilla.firefox.plist" file that I can find (I can find a whole bunch of others relating to other software), nothing for Firefox.
Add to my whoes the fact I even tried re-setting my Firefox installation.
All that gave me was a much worse version of Firefox without all my add-ons and the same bloody problem with it still not recognising any keyboard input.
Also add the fact it's taken half a day to re-build Firefox to the point I had it before from various backups (thank the gods for FEBE).
so i now have a re-constituted version of Firefox (still re-building Speedial) with the same problem.
I solved the same problem with IE (yea I have almost browsers on my machine as I am a developer), by re-installing Java.
Hey ho, onwards we go.
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Tylerdowner 4 months ago Also, please update to Firefox 18.