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New Tab: no cursor in the address bar

I frequently open new tabs by right-clicking the current tab and choosing "New Tab" from the context menu. Naturally, I want to start typing a URL or search term. But th… (read more)

I frequently open new tabs by right-clicking the current tab and choosing "New Tab" from the context menu. Naturally, I want to start typing a URL or search term.

But the focus/cursor/caret is nowhere and typing does nothing. I have to click on the address bar, and then I can type.

I'm not using New Tab Override and I have Firefox's new tab set to a blank page.

I tried disabling all my add-ons, but I still had the problem.

I tried setting new tab to the Firefox home page and for a short while I got a cursor in the address bar. But the problem returned after a few hours

Any clues on what might be wrong? Firefox version 120.0.1 (64-bit) on MacOS Ventura 13.5.1. Thanks!

(A similar problem is described here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1420220 -- but in my case this is not a container tab.)

Asked by jeremy76 4 months ago

Answered by jeremy76 3 months ago

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saved passwords.

My Firefox account and associated passwords were left open on another notebook. I have now changed my Firefox sync login password from a different PC and signed out of ot… (read more)

My Firefox account and associated passwords were left open on another notebook. I have now changed my Firefox sync login password from a different PC and signed out of other devices. Can a user on the previous PC sign in with a password that is saved in Firefox?

Asked by mccg.cetin 4 months ago

Answered by cor-el 4 months ago

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Youtube black screen

I am having issues playing videos that use mp4a codec, codecs that use opus work fine Issue: Videos play audio but its just a black screen showing Thank you. … (read more)

I am having issues playing videos that use mp4a codec, codecs that use opus work fine

Issue: Videos play audio but its just a black screen showing

Thank you.

Asked by jiten87 3 months ago

Answered by zeroknight 3 months ago

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delete password / logon data on sync server

Hi, Is there a possibility to delete the sync data without completely deleting the account? I used Firefox Sync to transfer some passwords and I understood that they are … (read more)

Hi, Is there a possibility to delete the sync data without completely deleting the account? I used Firefox Sync to transfer some passwords and I understood that they are encrypted on the sync server. However, it might be that even the encryption might be broken and attackers could steal my passwords. That´s why I would like to delete the password data on the server (but keep the account).

Is this somehow possible? I didn´t find any article about exactly this topic.

Best regards, Sebastian

Asked by sebastianraemsch 3 months ago

Answered by cor-el 3 months ago

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Comcast email

Trying to access my email account at Comcast, but recently (last few months) when signing in I get a blank page with the following message: Firefox prevented this page f… (read more)

Trying to access my email account at Comcast, but recently (last few months) when signing in I get a blank page with the following message:

Firefox prevented this page from automatically redirecting to another page.

Followed by a link that says" Allow"

How can I correct this without having to "allow" each time?

thank you.

Doug

Asked by Douglas Konen 4 months ago

Answered by zeroknight 4 months ago

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Ad blocker makes for messy browsing

Running an Ad Blocker on Router/Firewall. On my Ubuntu 22.05 any browser (Mozilla, Chrome) just clears the area where the ad was at. Starting to use Windows 10 and all… (read more)

Running an Ad Blocker on Router/Firewall. On my Ubuntu 22.05 any browser (Mozilla, Chrome) just clears the area where the ad was at. Starting to use Windows 10 and all browsers leave a mess where the ad was. Mostly error message "...hmmm were having trouble finding that site..". Hope there is a way to clean that up with Windows as well.

Asked by L Murphy 4 months ago

Answered by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer 4 months ago

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Firefox displays white area below the footer bar on certain webpages, whereas other browsers do not

I set up a website for my wife a while ago. Most recently we noticed that some (not all) of our pages are not shown correctly when we use Firefox as browser. Specificall… (read more)

I set up a website for my wife a while ago. Most recently we noticed that some (not all) of our pages are not shown correctly when we use Firefox as browser. Specifically, when you open a webpage and scroll down as far as you can, there is a certain white area at the very bottom visible, below the footer. Now, if you wait a small amount of time, then scroll a little up and down again, the white border is not longer there and the page appears as it should.

Example pages for this behavior are: https://praxis-weinhold-schattentherapie.eu/entspannung/ https://praxis-weinhold-schattentherapie.eu/praxis/ https://praxis-weinhold-schattentherapie.eu/ueber-mich/

It is not happening e.g. with: https://praxis-weinhold-schattentherapie.eu/unterkuenfte-und-impressionen/ https://praxis-weinhold-schattentherapie.eu/angebote-und-kontakt/ Example screenshots are attached.

This strange behavior cannot be recognized with other browsers, we tried Chrome as well as Edge. Many thanks in advance for any ideas on how to adress this! Best regards Carsten

Asked by Carsten Weinhold 3 months ago

Answered by Carsten Weinhold 3 months ago

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Firefox does not save pins on macbook air sonoma

Hi, I have a macbook air using the sonoma os 14.2.1 with firefox 121.0 installed. I searched sites within firefox then pinned them. When I closed firefox then turned off… (read more)

Hi, I have a macbook air using the sonoma os 14.2.1 with firefox 121.0 installed.

I searched sites within firefox then pinned them. When I closed firefox then turned off the mac then restarted it again then calked up firefox from the dock, all the pins were gone. I have firefox settings set to remember open tabs.

How can I keep the pinned tabs after restarting the macbook?

Cheers

Asked by krot 4 months ago

Answered by cor-el 4 months ago

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Browser windows are restored to single monitor after reboot (restore previous session)

I have Windows 10 Pro 22H2 19045.3803. I am running two monitors. When I have many Firefox browsers open on both screens, reboot and restore previous session, the browser… (read more)

I have Windows 10 Pro 22H2 19045.3803. I am running two monitors. When I have many Firefox browsers open on both screens, reboot and restore previous session, the browsers all open in what ever monitor the initial browser was opened on. I haven't tried it with other browsers. All other applications open in whichever monitor they were in on reboot.

Asked by Dwight 4 months ago

Answered by zeroknight 4 months ago

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pop ups

I have a new windows 11 install and since adding firefox I get these pop up messages in threes. Please see attached screenshots. I have Eset antivirus and have run malwar… (read more)

I have a new windows 11 install and since adding firefox I get these pop up messages in threes. Please see attached screenshots. I have Eset antivirus and have run malwarebytes too but still they appear! I do not use Mcafee and it is not installed on my pc.

Has anyone got any suggestions please?

Asked by s woolley 3 months ago

Answered by zeroknight 3 months ago

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Add URL in the Firefox 'Add bookmark' window

Is it still possible to configure userChrome.css to have the URL field in the Firefox 'Add bookmark' window? Also, is userChrome.css configuration going to be used no mor… (read more)

Is it still possible to configure userChrome.css to have the URL field in the Firefox 'Add bookmark' window? Also, is userChrome.css configuration going to be used no more in future releases? If yes, then how will we be able to customize, for example, fonts in Library, side bar and context menu?

Asked by doru001 3 months ago

Answered by doru001 3 months ago

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Tabs from last session do not reopen on PC

I've looked at various suggestions to fix the above-reference problem and have checked that "open previous tabs and windows" is checked and that "clear history when Firef… (read more)

I've looked at various suggestions to fix the above-reference problem and have checked that "open previous tabs and windows" is checked and that "clear history when Firefox closes" is *not* checked. But nothing is working. This started happening only a week or so ago.

Thank you for ideas.

Asked by marksa21 3 months ago

Answered by CraigS26 3 months ago

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Firefox says I am forbidden to enter a site

Firefox periodically says I am "forbidden" to enter my Kaiser website (KP.org). I know what Mozilla recommends as a fix, which is to clear data and cookies. But this crea… (read more)

Firefox periodically says I am "forbidden" to enter my Kaiser website (KP.org). I know what Mozilla recommends as a fix, which is to clear data and cookies. But this creates more problems because I have to re-enter passwords and other settings. This is a problem Mozilla's website reports has been occurring for YEARS! Why can't Mozilla/Firefox fix this? Please tell me there is a better way to fix this problem.

David Karp dkarpcal@gmail.com or cloverdavid@gmail.com

Asked by Cloverdavid 3 months ago

Answered by Cloverdavid 3 months ago

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Sync failure PC/IOS

Trying to sync between my PC and my iphone. Every time I've attempted it I've gotten this type of error report. And when I press sync on my iphone it tells me that sync i… (read more)

Trying to sync between my PC and my iphone. Every time I've attempted it I've gotten this type of error report. And when I press sync on my iphone it tells me that sync is offline. I've logged out and back in a few times on both devices and I've also tried turning sync on and off again and it's not working. Tried syncing again and it didn't show up on my other pc either.



1705467584142 Sync.LogManager DEBUG Flushing file log 1705467584145 FirefoxAccounts TRACE not checking freshness of profile as it remains recent 1705467584145 FirefoxAccounts TRACE not checking freshness of profile as it remains recent 1705467584145 FirefoxAccounts TRACE not checking freshness of profile as it remains recent 1705467584145 FirefoxAccounts TRACE not checking freshness of profile as it remains recent 1705467584148 Sync.LogManager DEBUG Log cleanup threshold time: 1704603584148 1705467584158 Sync.LogManager DEBUG Done deleting files. 1705467586817 Sync.Engine.Tabs.Tracker DEBUG Detected a tab change, but conditions aren't met for a quick write or a score bump 1705467587873 Sync.Engine.Tabs.Tracker DEBUG Detected a tab change, but conditions aren't met for a quick write or a score bump 1705467588918 Sync.Engine.Tabs.Tracker DEBUG Detected a tab change, but conditions aren't met for a quick write or a score bump 1705467588923 Sync.Engine.Tabs.Tracker DEBUG Detected a tab change, but conditions aren't met for a quick write - bumping score 1705468406145 FirefoxAccounts TRACE observed topic=push-message, data=chrome://fxa-device-update, subject=[xpconnect wrapped nsISupports] 1705468406145 FirefoxAccounts TRACE FxAccountsPushService _onPushMessage 1705468406145 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG push command: fxaccounts:device_connected 1705468406145 FirefoxAccounts INFO fetching updated device list 1705468406145 FirefoxAccounts INFO Already fetching device list, return existing promise 1705468406164 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET request to https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/account/devices?filterIdleDevicesTimestamp=1703654006162 1705468408408 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1/account/devices?filterIdleDevicesTimestamp=1703654006162 200 1705468408409 Hawk DEBUG (Response) /account/devices?filterIdleDevicesTimestamp=1703654006162: code: 200 - Status text: 1705468408409 Hawk DEBUG Clock offset vs https://api.accounts.firefox.com/v1: -409 1705468408409 FirefoxAccounts INFO Got new device list: 0114f71fc43f1c0abec31f11ea4c4f8c, 21486e339a18328ea65760b3cfdc661e, 73c3e7eb9def85f369143f46fe5ad619, c7ab28df9f8b9556bcb602d268c3282e 1705468408410 FirefoxAccounts TRACE Our push subscription looks OK 1705468408410 FirefoxAccounts INFO updating the cache 1705468448524 Sync.Engine.Tabs.Tracker DEBUG Detected a tab change, but conditions aren't met for a quick write - bumping score 1705468448533 Sync.Engine.Tabs.Tracker DEBUG Detected a tab change, but conditions aren't met for a quick write or a score bump 1705468450556 Sync.Engine.Tabs.Tracker DEBUG Detected a tab change, but conditions aren't met for a quick write or a score bump 1705468450676 Sync.Engine.Tabs.Tracker DEBUG Detected a tab change, but conditions aren't met for a quick write or a score bump 1705468451026 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG FxAccountsProfileClient: Requested profile 1705468451026 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG getOAuthToken enter 1705468451026 FirefoxAccounts TRACE getCachedToken returning cached token 1705468451026 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG getOAuthToken returning a cached token 1705468451026 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET request to https://profile.accounts.firefox.com/v1/profile 1705468451226 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET https://profile.accounts.firefox.com/v1/profile 304 1705468453581 Sync.Engine.Tabs.Tracker DEBUG Detected a tab change, but conditions aren't met for a quick write or a score bump 1705468453583 Sync.Engine.Tabs.Tracker DEBUG Detected a tab change, but conditions aren't met for a quick write or a score bump 1705468454872 Sync.Service DEBUG User-Agent: Firefox/121.0.1 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) FxSync/1.123.0.20240108143603.desktop 1705468454872 Sync.Service INFO Starting sync at 2024-01-16 23:14:14 in browser session 8sHSUqIJcFhS 1705468454872 Sync.Service DEBUG In sync: should login. 1705468454872 Sync.Service INFO User logged in successfully - verifying login. 1705468454872 FirefoxAccounts TRACE not checking freshness of profile as it remains recent 1705468454873 Sync.SyncAuthManager DEBUG unlockAndVerifyAuthState already has (or can fetch) sync keys 1705468454873 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.login: error.login.reason.network => success.status_ok 1705468454873 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.service: error.login.failed => error.login.failed 1705468454873 Sync.Service DEBUG Fetching unlocked auth state returned success.status_ok 1705468454873 FirefoxAccounts TRACE not checking freshness of profile as it remains recent 1705468454873 Sync.SyncAuthManager INFO Getting sync key 1705468454873 Sync.SyncAuthManager INFO Getting a sync token from: https://token.services.mozilla.com/1.0/sync/1.5 1705468454873 Sync.SyncAuthManager DEBUG Getting a token using OAuth 1705468454873 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG getOAuthToken enter 1705468454873 FirefoxAccounts TRACE getCachedToken returning cached token 1705468454873 FirefoxAccounts DEBUG getOAuthToken returning a cached token 1705468454873 Services.Common.TokenServerClient DEBUG Beginning OAuth token exchange: https://token.services.mozilla.com/1.0/sync/1.5 1705468454873 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET request to https://token.services.mozilla.com/1.0/sync/1.5 1705468507773 Services.Common.RESTRequest DEBUG GET https://token.services.mozilla.com/1.0/sync/1.5 failed: 2152398862 - NS_ERROR_NET_TIMEOUT 1705468507773 Sync.SyncAuthManager ERROR Non-authentication error in _fetchTokenForUser: TokenServerClientNetworkError({"error":{}})(resource://services-common/tokenserverclient.sys.mjs:28:36) JS Stack trace: TokenServerClientNetworkError@tokenserverclient.sys.mjs:51:16 _tokenServerExchangeRequest@tokenserverclient.sys.mjs:235:13 1705468507773 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.login: success.status_ok => error.login.reason.network 1705468507773 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.service: error.login.failed => error.login.failed 1705468507773 Sync.SyncAuthManager INFO Failed to fetch the cluster URL: TokenServerClientNetworkError({"error":{}})(resource://services-common/tokenserverclient.sys.mjs:28:36) JS Stack trace: TokenServerClientNetworkError@tokenserverclient.sys.mjs:51:16 _tokenServerExchangeRequest@tokenserverclient.sys.mjs:235:13 1705468507774 Sync.Service DEBUG verifyLogin failed: TokenServerClientNetworkError({"error":{}})(resource://services-common/tokenserverclient.sys.mjs:28:36) JS Stack trace: TokenServerClientNetworkError@tokenserverclient.sys.mjs:51:16 _tokenServerExchangeRequest@tokenserverclient.sys.mjs:235:13 1705468507774 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.login: error.login.reason.network => error.login.reason.network 1705468507774 Sync.Status DEBUG Status.service: error.login.failed => error.login.failed 1705468507774 Sync.ErrorHandler ERROR Sync encountered a login error 1705468507774 Sync.SyncScheduler DEBUG Clearing sync triggers and the global score. 1705468507775 Sync.SyncScheduler DEBUG Next sync in 3600000 ms. (why=schedule) 1705468507776 FirefoxAccounts TRACE not checking freshness of profile as it remains recent 1705468507776 Sync.Service DEBUG Exception calling WrappedLock: Error: Login failed: error.login.reason.network(resource://services-sync/service.sys.mjs:1038:15) JS Stack trace: onNotify@service.sys.mjs:1038:15 1705468507776 Sync.Service DEBUG Not syncing: login returned false. 1705468507776 FirefoxAccounts TRACE not checking freshness of profile as it remains recent

Asked by Echo117A 3 months ago

Answered by Echo117A 3 months ago

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Microsoft Teams is still connected to my former employer. How can I break that connection?

When I open the Microsoft Teams URL in Firefox (https://teams.microsoft.com) it always goes to the login screen for a former employer. When I open the URL in Chrome or E… (read more)

When I open the Microsoft Teams URL in Firefox (https://teams.microsoft.com) it always goes to the login screen for a former employer. When I open the URL in Chrome or Edge it goes to the generic Teams site where I can participate as a guest. I am reasonably confident the connection is residue from when I used Firefox to participate in Teams meetings as an employee, but the connection is preventing me from participating in Teams meetings with potential new employers. I've deleted cookies for both the employer and the third-party two-factor authentication tool (OKTA), but I can't seem to kill it. The reason I think this is a Firefox issue rather than a Microsoft issue is that I never used Teams with Chrome or Edge and they do not have this spurious connection. Any suggestions? Thanks!

Asked by mgilberg@aol.com 4 months ago

Answered by cor-el 4 months ago

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After upgrade, logins not populating "Saved logins..." in settings, and generally inaccessible

Hi! After recently following the upgrade path from FF v52 to the most recent FF version, I find that logins in logins.json did not carry over with the upgrade. Out of 555… (read more)

Hi! After recently following the upgrade path from FF v52 to the most recent FF version, I find that logins in logins.json did not carry over with the upgrade. Out of 555 logins, only 44 appear. (I suspect these may have been imported from Chrome, since FF also imported my Chrome bookmarks without acknowledgment.) I see that the old logins are still in logins.json, and logins.json appears to be valid JSON when opening with FF.

I tried ensuring that logins.json, key3.db, and key4.db had matching timestamps, but that didn't correct the problem. I tried replacing key3.db and logins.json with copies from a backup of the v52 profile (it has no key4.db--is key3.db no longer used?), but then zero logins appeared (why I think the ones that do appear may originate with Chrome). I tried exporting logins to CSV, but it only captured those 44. I can see the logins are in logins.json, but the passwords are hashed/obscured.

I have profile backups, but I don't find a way to import the logins. (If I had to make a wild guess, I'd say the upgrade might have ignored my key3.db that paired with my logins.json, and created a new key4.db full of Chrome logins instead.)

How might I recover my logins from either the in-use logins.json or from my profile backup?

Thank you!

Asked by FamousMoroccanServals 4 months ago

Answered by FamousMoroccanServals 4 months ago

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Missing Pinned and Opened Tabs

Hi, least night I was using Firefox and all was fine. I closed it as usual. This morning all of my tabs were gone! I still have my bookmarks but the tabs are gone. Is the… (read more)

Hi, least night I was using Firefox and all was fine. I closed it as usual. This morning all of my tabs were gone! I still have my bookmarks but the tabs are gone. Is there any way to get them back? I can only assume that this is from the recent update?

Thanks, Steve

Asked by skhilled 4 months ago

Answered by cor-el 4 months ago