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Inability to enter Text on Sites

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On some websites Firefox blocks entry of texts in text fields manifested in 2 ways: keyboard in Android pops but no text is entered when typing, or no keyboard pops. The tried refreshing pages, switching to desktop mode, clearing browsing data nothing works. Attempting to report this to a site:https://ambientweather.net. Ultimately I had to download and install a different browser to access the site. I was already logged into the site and other field changes were correctly implemented. On pages with 2 search fields, one site-wide and one in my search context, both fields failed When switching to desktop version, I noticed a typical cookie notice which I hoped was taking the focus away from the other fields but closing that notice did not resolve the problem.

While I assume a design implementation error by sites, this may be related to the ongoing memory conflicts one experiences when doing multiple searches on heavy video sites. As with the old Firefox Android, Firefox slows down and can't seem to dump all it's cache, apparently, to handle more input. in those cases a dump of most browsing data generally clears the problem, but didn't help here. I suspect an underlying Firefox cause because I've seen this over several random sites but with no clear pattern. I just revisited the site above and it works as designed now.

Consider this the equivalent to trying to use a PC without a keyboard, it's really a catastrophic fail.

On some websites Firefox blocks entry of texts in text fields manifested in 2 ways: keyboard in Android pops but no text is entered when typing, or no keyboard pops. The tried refreshing pages, switching to desktop mode, clearing browsing data nothing works. Attempting to report this to a site:https://ambientweather.net. Ultimately I had to download and install a different browser to access the site. I was already logged into the site and other field changes were correctly implemented. On pages with 2 search fields, one site-wide and one in my search context, both fields failed When switching to desktop version, I noticed a typical cookie notice which I hoped was taking the focus away from the other fields but closing that notice did not resolve the problem. While I assume a design implementation error by sites, this may be related to the ongoing memory conflicts one experiences when doing multiple searches on heavy video sites. As with the old Firefox Android, Firefox slows down and can't seem to dump all it's cache, apparently, to handle more input. in those cases a dump of most browsing data generally clears the problem, but didn't help here. I suspect an underlying Firefox cause because I've seen this over several random sites but with no clear pattern. I just revisited the site above and it works as designed now. Consider this the equivalent to trying to use a PC without a keyboard, it's really a catastrophic fail.

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Hi

Do you have any add-ons installed in Firefox for Android?

I have the same issue: I can enter text into the browser's address bar and certain text boxes just fine, but other textboxes across several sites do not allow typing. The keyboard pops up only some times but still doesn't allow text to be entered. I am on Android 11.

  • I thought it might be an issue with my installed keyboard, but changing to a different keyboard did not help.
  • This issue does not occur on Chrome.
  • Copy/paste and autofill by the password manager still work normally.
  • This issue persists in a private window with all add-ons disabled.

Thanks

Hi: I have add-ons disabled. I appreciate the other user has the same issue. If I can provide additional information, let me know. I realize this is a difficult issue to troubleshoot since I can't "make it happen" it simply shows up from time to time In addition to no add-ons and keyboards I've flushed the browser settings within the session but the problem persists. As I mentioned, returning to the same site later everything worked as normal. In order to access the site I downloaded and used Brave, which had no problem with access.

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