
Windows Magnifier not following typing in search boxes on web sites.
After the most recent update, yesterday, the Windows Magnifier won’t follow typing in search boxes on web pages. i.e. Youtube, Amazon For instance, I had to type all this in an email and then copy/paste it to this text box. So apparently, it doesn’t follow typing at all on web pages. I am legally blind and I depend on this action. It does follow the typing in the search box on the browser itself, just not on web pages.
Sorry, I have no images to a;actually show this happening, except to say activate the Windows Magnifier and try it yourselves.
Google Gemini offered some solutions in ab out.config, but I rather hear from you guys before I try anything.
Thank you.
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Amending my post:
I tried Gemini’s suggestions in about:config, they didn’t work. I also tried in the settings, but found nothing.
To be clear: The Windows Magnifier is not fallowing my typing in web pages rendered by Firefox, which started happening after the update it took yesterday. It does follow the typing in the search and address bar.
It works okay in Chrome and Librewolf as well. (I had installed Librewolf when, apparently, Youtube was blocking my ability to view videos in Firefox)
Nevertheless, Firefox has always been my go-t0 browser.
Thank you.
So, did your update break my browser/profile?
I actually let Microsoft remote me, and they checked, as I have, all the magnifier settings and they are all set correctly. I do not have the issue with my other browsers.
I pretty much did everything, reasonable, that Gemini suggested.
And in the end, both Gemini & Microsoft told me there is an issue/conflict with the pager rendering that is causing the magnified view not to follow the curser in web pages. Which is kind of what I believe.
Unless there is a about:config tweak I don’t know. I simply set browser.display.os-zoom-behavior to zero and nothing happened.
I also opened Forefpx on safe mode, and the problem still persists.
I would like to resolve this without having to abort my profile. It really is a pain in the butt. I remember doing it once for something a long time ago and I don’t think there are any gurantees.
I guess I can live with it or move to a different browser altogether, which seems sad. I will be the first one to say that Firefox is the best browser for accessibility features, and yet, that is exactly what I am having problems with.
I have to type this out in Outlook and copy/paste it to your forum because I cannot do it on site because the magnifier will not follow the text cursor.
There it is.
If I cannot get any support I guess I will just quit the browser.
Thanks nonetheless.