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my address bar on some sites are black on black or white on white

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phungq
phungq

Ever since the recent update (March 13, 2021), my search bars on some sites (Amazon Merchant Account) are basically invisible unless I highlight them. This is extremely annoying and I need help changing it to always black text on white. Thanks!

Ever since the recent update (March 13, 2021), my search bars on some sites (Amazon Merchant Account) are basically invisible unless I highlight them. This is extremely annoying and I need help changing it to always black text on white. Thanks!

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Many site issues can be caused by corrupt cookies or cache.

Warning ! ! This will log you out of sites you're logged in to. You may also lose any settings for that website.

If there is still a problem, Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web link} by holding down the <Shift> (Mac=Options) key, and then starting Firefox.

A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Safe Mode (not Refresh). Did this help?

While you are in safe mode;

Try disabling graphics hardware acceleration in Firefox. Since this feature was added to Firefox it has gradually improved but there are still a few glitches.

How to disable Hardware Acceleration {web link}

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FredMcD
FredMcD

Chosen Solution

Many site issues can be caused by corrupt cookies or cache.

Warning ! ! This will log you out of sites you're logged in to. You may also lose any settings for that website.

If there is still a problem, Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web link} by holding down the <Shift> (Mac=Options) key, and then starting Firefox.

A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Safe Mode (not Refresh). Did this help?

While you are in safe mode;

Try disabling graphics hardware acceleration in Firefox. Since this feature was added to Firefox it has gradually improved but there are still a few glitches.

How to disable Hardware Acceleration {web link}

cor-el
cor-el
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You can check the default colors.

Make sure you haven't enabled a High Contrast theme in the OS settings.

Make sure you allow pages to choose their own colors.

  • Options/Preferences -> General: Fonts & Colors -> Colors: "Override the colors specified by the page with my selections above"

Try "Never" if the default "Only with High Contrast themes" isn't working.

phungq
phungq Question owner

Thanks @FredMcD,

I had to start in safe mode and disable the accelerator thingy.

All good now! Thank God, I didn't have to resort to using Chrome again!

FredMcD
FredMcD

Glad to help. Safe Surfing.