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Entire text is deleted if the text entered makes the text field scroll.

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pegacorn15
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There's an issue I have where if I'm entering text into a text field, it will frequently be deleted entirely if the text is longer than what would be visible in the text field. For a while I thought that it might be a keyboard issue, but it only happens in Firefox. It's most common on social media, to the point that I've taken to writing any replies for Twitter in discord, copying them, and then pasting the reply, so that I don't have to continually rewrite it. It's incredibly obnoxious, and only happens in the mobile app. I like Firefox a lot, despite recent changes to the app that I dislike, but this is enough to make me consider changing browsers if it doesn't get fixed. Any help would be appreciated, I'm really tired of writing out my thoughts just to have them deleted right before I finish what I was trying to say.

There's an issue I have where if I'm entering text into a text field, it will frequently be deleted entirely if the text is longer than what would be visible in the text field. For a while I thought that it might be a keyboard issue, but it only happens in Firefox. It's most common on social media, to the point that I've taken to writing any replies for Twitter in discord, copying them, and then pasting the reply, so that I don't have to continually rewrite it. It's incredibly obnoxious, and only happens in the mobile app. I like Firefox a lot, despite recent changes to the app that I dislike, but this is enough to make me consider changing browsers if it doesn't get fixed. Any help would be appreciated, I'm really tired of writing out my thoughts just to have them deleted right before I finish what I was trying to say.

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Hi

Please can you try this with uBlock Origin turned off?

Can you also try this with the new Firefox 92 that you should get very soon (if you do not have it already)

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Paul
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Hi

So that I can look into this and try to replicate what is happening:

You are entering text into a field on a website - which website is this? You enter text into the field and if it fills the space, the text is deleted...? Do you have any add-ons installed? When level of enhanced tracking protection do you have set?

pegacorn15
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Hi So that I can look into this and try to replicate what is happening: ...

It happens on any website that has text fields if I exceed the space, though it happens most commonly on social media, specifically Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook- though that's probably because they're the sites I'm most likely to write longer messages on.

If it causes the text box to scroll, it will delete everything except the last word that caused it to be too much.

The only add-on that I have installed is Ublock origin.

I have standard enhanced tracking protection.

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Hi

Please can you try this with uBlock Origin turned off?

Can you also try this with the new Firefox 92 that you should get very soon (if you do not have it already)