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the cursor "jumps out" of the find box before search line is completed?

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I frequently use "find" command..... what happens VERY frequently is that the cursor "Jumps out" of the find command box prior to my finishing the search letters......... Firefox wants to locate ANY item with only a few matching intro letters........... This is VERY annoying.... I do believe that Firefox should be changed so the find search will be executed when "enter" is keyed.........

I frequently use "find" command..... what happens VERY frequently is that the cursor "Jumps out" of the find command box prior to my finishing the search letters......... Firefox wants to locate ANY item with only a few matching intro letters........... This is VERY annoying.... I do believe that Firefox should be changed so the find search will be executed when "enter" is keyed.........

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cor-el
cor-el
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Start Firefox in Use Troubleshoot Mode in Firefox to check if one of your add-ons is causing your problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Add-ons > Themes).
See Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems and Troubleshoot issues with plugins like Flash or Java to fix common Firefox problems

If it does work in Safe-mode then disable all your extensions and then try to find which is causing it by enabling one at a time until the problem reappears.
You can use "Disable all add-ons" on the Safe mode start window to disable all extensions.
You have to close and restart Firefox after each change via "File > Exit" (Mac: "Firefox > Quit"; Linux: "File > Quit")

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I am not certain this is a "problem", but a "feature" of FireFox for Mac..... I have noticed this "feature" on ALL versions of Firefox, even the new beta edition...

thanks....

cor-el
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Are you using Quick Find (Find as I type) or the regular Find (Edit > Find - Cmd+F) ?

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I use "command-f" for find..... The problem is that it will find something having the first few letters "jumping" out of the box and finding something I don't want...... I usually want to find something with a longer string or longer word, or different word...... I prefer the approach that Safari uses where the user is allowed to complete typing....... then press enter for a "search"....

thanks