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Firefox and quick find annoyances.

Dublo7Dublo7 Registered User regular
edited April 2007 in Games and Technology
So Firefox is starting to be an annoying bastard.
Sometimes when I'm typing, when I want to type and apostrophe, a little quick find bar appears at the bottom.
It doesn't happen consistently but it's so damn annoying when it does happen.

Does anyone know how I can fix this issue?
Has this happened to anyone else?

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  • FirebrandFirebrand Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    It's happened to me as well, but I don't know what causes it to come and go.

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  • BillmaanBillmaan Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    I would wager that you're just hitting forward slash by accident. That's the hotkey for "quick find". Solution: don't hit forward slash.

    There is probably a way to disable quick find entirely, but I'm afraid I couldn't tell you how.

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  • apotheosapotheos Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2007
    boy I had no idea that key did that

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  • FirebrandFirebrand Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Google power: http://www.liamdelahunty.com/tips/firefox_apostrophe_bug.php

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  • JaninJanin Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Billmaan wrote: »
    I would wager that you're just hitting forward slash by accident. That's the hotkey for "quick find". Solution: don't hit forward slash.

    There is probably a way to disable quick find entirely, but I'm afraid I couldn't tell you how.

    Singlequote starts quick find also.

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  • DrezDrez Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Billmaan wrote: »
    I would wager that you're just hitting forward slash by accident. That's the hotkey for "quick find". Solution: don't hit forward slash.

    There is probably a way to disable quick find entirely, but I'm afraid I couldn't tell you how.

    Actually BOTH open up and direct the cursor to Quick Find (both / and ').

    But this only happens if you're not in a text field in Firefox.

    OP: Honestly, I'd unplug your keyboard and plug it back in.

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  • synesthesiasynesthesia Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    This happens to me a couple of times a week especially when I'm entering my email address. I usually have to reload the page or restart Firefox. It was bugging me too.

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  • TophobiiTophobii Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    I don't know how to disable it, but quickfind via ' only searches the text of hyperlinks, while quickfind using / searches all the text on the page.

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  • LBD_NytetraynLBD_Nytetrayn TorontoRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    It bugs me, too. Oft times, it'll happen on one window, but not others. Like if there's a third window or something open. And it'll happen in a text field as well.

    Drives me fucking crazy, and I wish they'd fix it already.

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  • fogeymanfogeyman Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Firebrand wrote: »
    Google power: http://www.liamdelahunty.com/tips/firefox_apostrophe_bug.php
    That page doesn't load for me :| .

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  • FirebrandFirebrand Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    fogeyman wrote: »
    Firebrand wrote: »
    Google power: http://www.liamdelahunty.com/tips/firefox_apostrophe_bug.php
    That page doesn't load for me :| .

    Worked yesterday but seems to be down now. Google for similar pages.

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  • fogeymanfogeyman Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Firebrand wrote: »
    fogeyman wrote: »
    Firebrand wrote: »
    Google power: http://www.liamdelahunty.com/tips/firefox_apostrophe_bug.php
    That page doesn't load for me :| .

    Worked yesterday but seems to be down now. Google for similar pages.
    One site said to type "about:config" in the browser, search for "typeaheadfind", and change the value for "accessibility.typeaheadfind.autostart" to false. I don't know if this works yet, though.

    Whenever I get the apostrophe bug, I also can't use the arrow keys to move the cursor thingy in text boxes. Does this happen to anyone else?

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  • DírhaelDírhael NorwayRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Firebrand wrote: »
    fogeyman wrote: »
    Firebrand wrote: »
    Google power: http://www.liamdelahunty.com/tips/firefox_apostrophe_bug.php
    That page doesn't load for me :| .

    Worked yesterday but seems to be down now. Google for similar pages.


    Google cache to the rescue :)

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  • DigDug2000DigDug2000 Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    This is one of those weird, known bugs, that isn't reproducable enough to figure out what's wrong. Here's the bug link:

    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=311376

    but don't post anything there unless you have some new clue that will help identify why its happening.

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  • MenaceMenace regular
    edited April 2007
    apotheos wrote: »
    boy I had no idea that key did that

    This is a startling realization for me as well.

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  • smallmouthsmallmouth Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Menace wrote: »
    apotheos wrote: »
    boy I had no idea that key did that

    This is a startling realization for me as well.

    I had no idea what triggered it either. Knowing ' searches links and / searches text is awesome.

    Also, you can force the quick find bar closed by hitting ESC.

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