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Can't enter text in form fields in Firefox

With the last several versions of Firefox I've noticed an odd thing happens at least once a day... when I put the cursor into a form field on a page I can't type in any text. Not sure if it matters, but I'm using the latest version of Firefox on a Mac.

The way I've found to fix this problem is to click over to another form element on the page and then click back. Once I do this I can enter text in that field.
Rating: 100% positive, 1 Vote
Categories: Firefox Mac
Added: on May 19, 2009 at 7:22 am
Added By: an anonymous user
Searches: firefox mac text form field

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