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Some web sites give the error "TypeError: PlacesUtils.bookmarks.getKeywordForURI is not a function" - Why?

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woodnut
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This problem has only just started for some pages. I have not been able to pick a pattern. Any help to resolve this issue would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance

This problem has only just started for some pages. I have not been able to pick a pattern. Any help to resolve this issue would be appreciated. Thanks in advance

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philipp said

hello, can you try to replicate this behaviour when you launch firefox in safe mode once? if not, maybe an addon is interfering here... Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems

Thanks philipp,

I found the problem was with the:-

  • "Places' Tooltips 3.0.20110409.1-signed " addon

There was a solution posted on 6 Jul 2015 on the addon's web page "https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/places-tooltips/" as follows:-

  • Works in Firefox 39 if you disable keywords, Click the options button on the Add-ons page and uncheck "Show the keyword".
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philipp
philipp
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hello, can you try to replicate this behaviour when you launch firefox in safe mode once? if not, maybe an addon is interfering here...

Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems

woodnut
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philipp said

hello, can you try to replicate this behaviour when you launch firefox in safe mode once? if not, maybe an addon is interfering here... Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems

Thanks philipp,

I found the problem was with the:-

  • "Places' Tooltips 3.0.20110409.1-signed " addon

There was a solution posted on 6 Jul 2015 on the addon's web page "https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/places-tooltips/" as follows:-

  • Works in Firefox 39 if you disable keywords, Click the options button on the Add-ons page and uncheck "Show the keyword".
cor-el
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Note that the keywords have been removed from the Library in Firefox 40 and later.

  • bug 1145063 - Remove the keywords column from the Library

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