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Search boxes and clickable boxes have strange X across the box

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On my firefox it seems that lots of boxes and details have strange X or crosses that come across the box, this happens on many websites and sometimes even renders the box unreadable. I have attached some screenshots for people to see but it's really strange.

Please advise if anyone knows why this would be the case.

On my firefox it seems that lots of boxes and details have strange X or crosses that come across the box, this happens on many websites and sometimes even renders the box unreadable. I have attached some screenshots for people to see but it's really strange. Please advise if anyone knows why this would be the case.
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You say this is on all websites?

Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web link}

A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Safe Mode (not Refresh). Is the problem still there?

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You can try to disable hardware acceleration in Firefox.

Close and restart Firefox after modifying the setting for changes to take effect.

You can check if there is an update for your graphics display driver and check for hardware acceleration related issues.


Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions ("3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.

  • switch to the DEFAULT theme: "3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Themes
  • do NOT click the "Refresh Firefox" button on the Safe Mode start window