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Search with ctrl-k no longer works when keyword.enabled = false

For quite some time now I've had keyword.enabled set to false in my about:config because I don't like having the address bar try to autocomplete or turn things into searc… (read more)

For quite some time now I've had keyword.enabled set to false in my about:config because I don't like having the address bar try to autocomplete or turn things into search, when I do a ctrl-l.

I do like that I am still able to use ctrl-k to do a search when I need to. This would place a ? at the start of the field and whatever I type gets sent to search.

In a recent upgrade, ctrl-k still places the ? at the start of the address bar but doesn't send things to search. Instead, it now behaves as if I did a ctrl-l and typed in a bad URL.

I'm on Firefox 80 (on Fedora 32) but I can't be exactly sure which upgrade brought this change in behavior.

Is there a way to get the old behavior back? ctrl-l to enter a URL, ctrl-k to search.

Asked by Ed 2 years ago

Last reply by Mike Kaply 1 year ago

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Shortcut Creation for Ubuntu 20.04.1

I have switched from Windows 10 to Ubuntu 20.04.1 and am having trouble creating website shortcuts now. With Windows I used the following method [Support - Create a d… (read more)

I have switched from Windows 10 to Ubuntu 20.04.1 and am having trouble creating website shortcuts now. With Windows I used the following method

From my research it looks this is supposed to work with Ubuntu as well? It is not working for me, is this possible?

Asked by Justin Reina 2 years ago

Last reply by anilvijay5100 1 year ago

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Changing email address for Firefox Accounts

This is really not specifically about Firefox Sync or Firefox itself, but I can't find a better match. Months ago I changed my email address with Firefox Accounts. I c… (read more)

This is really not specifically about Firefox Sync or Firefox itself, but I can't find a better match.

 Months ago I changed my email address with Firefox Accounts.  I currently log in with the new email address and I only see the new email address under my account preferences.  But when I add a new device to Firefox Sync, the "Complete Sync Setup" email is going to my old email address, meaning the one I previously used with my Firefox account.
 Can anyone suggest if there is a way to change this or if there is something I am doing wrong?
 Thanks for any help!

Asked by larry83 2 years ago

Last reply by lulaymarjorie@gmail.net 1 year ago

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Password I forgot :(

Hello! I have huge problem, because I forgot my password to other account on Firefox and I have no idea how to get it back and I don't want to loose all my passwords and… (read more)

Hello! I have huge problem, because I forgot my password to other account on Firefox and I have no idea how to get it back and I don't want to loose all my passwords and things on it, so I can't reset it. It would mean the world to me if You could help me.

I'm waiting for your answer, Thank you and have a nice day :)

Asked by monikagrochola9 2 years ago

Last reply by gspodo 1 year ago

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Pop-up windows exceptions not working in private mode (Firefox 87.0)

Hi, After an update on Firefox 87.0 the pop-up exceptions defined are not working in private mode. A yellow bar appears that tells me that prevent the popups. If I choo… (read more)

Hi,

After an update on Firefox 87.0 the pop-up exceptions defined are not working in private mode. A yellow bar appears that tells me that prevent the popups. If I choose to allow the popups with the button on the left of url then the url is added on exceptions/allowed window with a ^privateBrowsingId=1 marked in the url. However this is not persisted on a next run of firefox on private mode.

If someone have setup exceptions is there for a reason and should not be broken in private mode. I also cannot add ^privateBrowsingId=1 on my own in the url on the exceptions, as it appeared as %5 in exceptions and it does not work to allow pop-up.

Thanks

Asked by JenniferRhodes1 2 years ago

Last reply by VVG 1 year ago

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Online banking

My online banking access used to work perfectly but does not worked any more. In the login process, it simply does not go any further without any error message. The lap… (read more)

My online banking access used to work perfectly but does not worked any more. In the login process, it simply does not go any further without any error message. The laptop is the same as before. The only thing that has changed are updates to Firefox version 87.0 and Ubuntu version 18.04.5 LTS. On another laptop, the bank access still worked perfectly. I have tried to switch off all restrictions in the Firefox settings and to deactivate all add-ons, unfortunately without success. The bank couldn't solve the problem either, they just said it was probably due to the browser settings. Do you have any ideas? Thank you! Wolfgang

Asked by schwol 1 year ago

Last reply by FredMcD 1 year ago

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Firefox Crashing

While browsing https://www.mathrubhumi.com/ site, a warning will come "A webpage is slowing down your browser, what would do like to do, stop it or wait" Then system mon… (read more)

While browsing https://www.mathrubhumi.com/ site, a warning will come "A webpage is slowing down your browser, what would do like to do, stop it or wait" Then system monitor shows a web content is consuming around 4.5 GB and firefox itself stopped the webpage. If the memory usage is higher the system will hang.

Asked by ggacvx 1 year ago

Last reply by FredMcD 1 year ago

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How to open kiosk mode without entering fullscreen directly.

As the subject stated, I'm desiring to achieve the result that I can run some webpage with the window containing only the page itself (without toolbar, address bar, etc.)… (read more)

As the subject stated, I'm desiring to achieve the result that I can run some webpage with the window containing only the page itself (without toolbar, address bar, etc.). The --kiosk command line option is almost what I need but it will enter the fullscreen mode whatsoever. For instance, chromium has the --app option which is exactly what I want it to be. Thanks in advance!

Asked by Kienyew 1 year ago

Last reply by cor-el 1 year ago

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https://acorn.tv/ does not download on my Linux Mint OS/Firefox browser since ~03/282021

https://acorn.tv does not download AV content. Get error messages. One such message shown in attachment. Trailers & previews stream well , however. Android & Wind… (read more)

https://acorn.tv does not download AV content. Get error messages. One such message shown in attachment. Trailers & previews stream well , however. Android & Windows OS devices continue download & stream Acorn content on Firefox as before, no problems. Thank you.

Asked by DancingH2O 1 year ago

Last reply by jonzn4SUSE 1 year ago

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Firefox Developer Edition On Ubuntu - Update Hassles

On Ubuntu, FFDE can be configured to 1. Auto-update - but it just displays a message saying that it cannot update 2. Download updates and request permission to install… (read more)

On Ubuntu, FFDE can be configured to

1. Auto-update - but it just displays a message saying that it cannot update

2. Download updates and request permission to install them - all it does is display a message saying a new update is available

I think this all stems from the fact that FFDE at present has to be manually installed on Ubuntu. Why this is so, I cannot fathom - maybe someone here has an answer to why open sourced op system users are inconvenienced by Firefox.

It's feasible to script an update procedure to Ubuntu for FFDE. But this will not stop the annoying (every 2 hours) pop-ups about new updates being available - even when there is no new update there . . .

Maybe FFDE could simply stop automatic update reminders altogether. Users can decide (or script) for themselves if they want to update.

Asked by tamjk 1 year ago

Last reply by cor-el 1 year ago

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firefox broken

This all started after last firefox upgrade/update a few weeks ago so installed gmail chrome which works fine. Even reistalled OS & then worked ok till firefox did i… (read more)

This all started after last firefox upgrade/update a few weeks ago so installed gmail chrome which works fine.

Even reistalled OS & then worked ok till firefox did it’s own updae.

I have deleted & reinstalled a couple of times but same problem.

I use Linux Ubuntu 20.04.2LTS on an older (+/- 5 year) HP Pro 3130 MT a 64 bit machine. Chuck

Asked by chuck598 1 year ago

Last reply by schnrl 1 year ago

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Change Amazon Search Engine Marketplace within Firefox

The default Amazon search that comes built-in with Firefox points to Amazon.com. Is there a way to search for other marketplaces, like amazon.com.au or amazon.sg ? … (read more)

The default Amazon search that comes built-in with Firefox points to Amazon.com. Is there a way to search for other marketplaces, like amazon.com.au or amazon.sg ?

Asked by spaceboy 1 year ago

Last reply by Terry 1 year ago

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google is not opening

An error occurred during a connection to www.google.com. PR_CONNECT_RESET_ERROR The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because the authenticity of the receiv… (read more)

An error occurred during a connection to www.google.com. PR_CONNECT_RESET_ERROR

   The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because the authenticity of the received data could not be verified.
   Please contact the website owners to inform them of this problem.


when trying to open google

Asked by abdullahmaziakz 1 year ago

Last reply by FredMcD 1 year ago

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Certain parts of my screen get blacked out or mangled suddenly

I had a system update couple of days ago and since then, the firefox browser suddenly hangs or partially blacks out in certain areas suddenly. It sometimes corrupts the … (read more)

I had a system update couple of days ago and since then, the firefox browser suddenly hangs or partially blacks out in certain areas suddenly. It sometimes corrupts the text/data on the toolbars, add-ons, etc.

It happens randomly. When I restart the system it works fine and then it happens again at random instance.

Not sure what is causing this. But this only began since Thursday.

Not sure what to do.

Asked by Bipin Kumar 1 year ago

Last reply by cor-el 1 year ago

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Chronik alles löschen funktioniert nicht

Habe Firefox 87 für Linux in Gebrauch. Seit kurzem reagiert das Programm nicht auf den Befehl "Löschen" "Alles" und sogar einzelne Einträge nicht. Hat jemand eine Idee? … (read more)

Habe Firefox 87 für Linux in Gebrauch. Seit kurzem reagiert das Programm nicht auf den Befehl "Löschen" "Alles" und sogar einzelne Einträge nicht. Hat jemand eine Idee?

Asked by w-richter-mnster 1 year ago

Last reply by thomas.kelso 1 year ago