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Autocomplete does not work in 3.6. Tried all suggestions on Help plage.

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works in previous versions. I tried all suggestions on the Mozilla Help page for "Autocomplete does not work"

works in previous versions. I tried all suggestions on the Mozilla Help page for "Autocomplete does not work"

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Did you check Tools > Options > Privacy > History: "Remember search and form history"

See also Control whether Firefox automatically fills in forms


Your above posted system details show outdated plugin(s) with known security and stability risks.

  1. Shockwave Flash 10.0 r32
  2. Java Plug-in 1.6.0_07 for Netscape Navigator (DLL Helper)

Update the Java plugin to the latest version.

Update the Flash plugin to the latest version.

Yes, I have checked Tools > Options > Privacy > History: "Remember search and form history"

It's really weird. I have both 3.5 and 3.6 Firefox on my computer. I start 3.5, and autocomplete works. I start 3.6, and autocomplete does NOT work. Same plugins and settings.

I was hoping that the newer versions of 3.6 would solve this problem, but they do not.

Any suggestions?

Do you mean autocomplete for forms on web pages or autocomplete on the location bar?

For the location bar you need make sure that the Location Bar is not set to "Nothing": Tools > Options > Privacy > Location Bar: When using the location bar, suggest


Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of your add-ons is causing your problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Add-ons > Themes).

See Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems and Troubleshoot issues with plugins like Flash or Java to fix common Firefox problems

cor-el,

Thank you for your help.

Strangely, the location bar will autocomplete. It is web forms that will NOT autocomplete.

I can go to the SAME website, and in 3.5 it will autocomplete, but in 3.6 it will NOT.

I start in Safe Mode, and the problem still persists.

Is there any way to escalate this to a higher level of tech support?

See Tools > Options > Privacy > History: "Remember search and form history"

Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of your add-ons is causing your problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Add-ons > Themes).

See Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems and Troubleshoot issues with plugins like Flash or Java to fix common Firefox problems

Thank you for your response . . . .

However, you already made these recommendations in the posts above.

Is there somewhere I can go for help if we cannot find a solution?

Does it only happen on that specific we page or on all web pages?


It is possible that there is a problem with the file that stores the "Saved Form" data. Rename or delete formhistory.sqlite (plus formhistory.sqlite-journal and formhistory.sqlite.corrupt and formhistory.dat, if they exist) in the Profile Folder in case there is a problem with the file that stores the "Saved Form" data. This will remove all saved form data, so you may want to rename formhistory.sqlite to formhistory.sqlite.sav or move the file to another folder in case you need to recover some saved data.

It happens on all web pages that I've tried. For example, Google and a movie review webpage.

Pages in which autocomplete works fine in 3.5 do not work in 3.6. No page I've tried works with autocomplete in 3.6.

So cor-el, I'm not finding the answer to the problem here.

Where can I go to get help?

Thanks

Google uses autocomplete=off for the search bar on the www.google.com page and the search filed at the top of the Google results page, the one at the bottom of the results doesn't use autocomplete=off. Autocomplete won't work on pages with autocomplete=off.

See http://kb.mozillazine.org/User_name_and_password_not_remembered (bookmarklet to remove autocomplete=off)

You can try other forums like mozillaZine: http://forums.mozillazine.org/index.php

Thank you for your response. However, it indicates to me that you have not remembered what I wrote in the earlier posts.

As I said above . . . .

On the SAME webpages, in 3.5, autocomplete works. With 3.6, and autocomplete does NOT work. Same plugins and settings.

Is there another source of Help for Firefox? My question is not getting answered here.