There is a bug in version 36 that won't let right-click conext menu work in the search bar.
It is near impossible to use right-click and select "paste" or "paste and search" in the search bar in Firefox 36. What happens is a pop-up obscures the context menu, asking if I want add or change my search engines. I have downgraded to the last version of release 35 and I now have a usable right-click context menu. Please fix this bug in version 36.
James modificouno o
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You should get that other menu if you left-click in the search bar and only the context menu if you right-click.
Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.
- Switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
- Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window
That is what is supoposed to happen, but it doesn't work properly. If I have copied text to the clipboard, I should be able to right-click and paste it (selecting "paste" in the context menu) into the the search box in the top right-hand corner of the browser window. I can't do that in Firefox 36, because a dialogue box obscures the context menu. It is perplexing that such an annoying fault could escape quality control. Your solution doesn't work. . I will be sticking with Firefox 35 and for the moment I have disabled updating. Next month I will check back and see if you have fixed the bug in the newer version of firefox.
Jeff NME modificouno o
Does this happen when you click anywhere on the search box? Try the far side away from the search icon.
It made no difference where I right-clicked. I have given up on version 36 and now use 35. I won't d/l and install 36 just to check: it is a waste of my ADSL bandwidth. . It is a bug in version 36.
Jeff NME modificouno o