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Firefox address bar/toolbar UI goes out of proportion and all over the place randomly

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As the title above, the address bar goes all over the place randomly when browsing every minute or so.

The issue is not confined to one site (i.e. not just Youtube), and it does not always occur on all pages on that one site (i.e. one Youtube video may cause the UI graphical glitch, but another Youtube video won't).

Refer to images for further clarification.

As the title above, the address bar goes all over the place randomly when browsing every minute or so. The issue is not confined to one site (i.e. not just Youtube), and it does not always occur on all pages on that one site (i.e. one Youtube video may cause the UI graphical glitch, but another Youtube video won't). Refer to images for further clarification.
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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

Try to remove the Firefox plist file (org.mozilla.firefox.plist).

Go to "~/Library/Preferences" and remove the plist file for Firefox (org.mozilla.firefox.plist)

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Chosen Solution

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

Try to remove the Firefox plist file (org.mozilla.firefox.plist).

Go to "~/Library/Preferences" and remove the plist file for Firefox (org.mozilla.firefox.plist)