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Cannot enter data in text box

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When visiting a website like mls.ca for example I am unable to click or type in the text box to select a location. The hand appears when hovering over the text box but the cursor fails to show, the click is ignored.

I removed Firefox using Revo uninstaller to ensure all data was removed. Surprise, surprise, on re-installing everything I had before was back including this issue.

It works fine in Opera.

Any help greatly appreciated.

When visiting a website like mls.ca for example I am unable to click or type in the text box to select a location. The hand appears when hovering over the text box but the cursor fails to show, the click is ignored. I removed Firefox using Revo uninstaller to ensure all data was removed. Surprise, surprise, on re-installing everything I had before was back including this issue. It works fine in Opera. Any help greatly appreciated.

Chosen solution

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

  • Switch to the DEFAULT theme: 3-bar Menu button/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window

You can reload web page(s) and bypass the cache to refresh possibly outdated or corrupted files.

  • Hold down the Shift key and left-click the Reload button
  • Press "Ctrl + F5" or press "Ctrl + Shift + R" (Windows,Linux)
  • Press "Command + Shift + R" (Mac)
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Firefox 45 is a beta 2 version currently, still being developed. Have you tried the latest release version, Firefox 44.0? Or an earlier version, like Firefox 43.0.4?

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Chosen Solution

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

  • Switch to the DEFAULT theme: 3-bar Menu button/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window

You can reload web page(s) and bypass the cache to refresh possibly outdated or corrupted files.

  • Hold down the Shift key and left-click the Reload button
  • Press "Ctrl + F5" or press "Ctrl + Shift + R" (Windows,Linux)
  • Press "Command + Shift + R" (Mac)