Safe Mode also overrides some settings that may be incompatible. Switch all Plugins to Never Activate in '''about:addons''' and then start Firefox in Safe Mode to disable Themes and Extensions. Add-ons may affect page element behaviour and prevent normal browser operation. Try loading it again without cached data: press Ctrl + F5.
The page may have not loaded fully or it may be using corrupt or outdated data.
Extensions and Themes should update automatically, but you can update them by going to '''about:addons''', selecting the desired category tab and choosing Check for updates from the gear icon at the top of each tab's view. Your Flash plugin is also out of date, so please visit to make sure you've got the latest versions of your plugins that are not vulnerable or incompatible. It should also automatically check for updates at that point - I recommend updating to the latest, unless you need to use an older version for compatibility reasons. You can check your current version by going to the three-bar Main menu, selecting the Help menu (question mark symbol at the bottom) and selecting ''About Firefox''. The newest version for your OS is 45.0.1. You're right in that there was a fairly recent update, but your question's details say you're on Firefox 44.0. If neither work, then it might be external interference like antivirus or malware taking over.Switch all Plugins to Never Activate in about:addons and then start Firefox in Safe Mode to disable Themes and Extensions. That’s not too surprising Firefox Suggest, Mozilla’s feature. Add-ons may affect page element behaviour and prevent normal browser operation. Mozilla introduced a new suggested search result feature in the Firefox address bar as part of the 93.0 release of its browser. On-page text boxes like searches not working is not unheard of, but it is certainly not intended behaviour. Extensions and Themes should update automatically, but you can update them by going to about:addons, selecting the desired category tab and choosing Check for updates from the gear icon at the top of each tab's view. You can check your current version by going to the three-bar Main menu, selecting the Help menu (question mark symbol at the bottom) and selecting About Firefox.
If multiple tabs are open in the Firefox window you'll get a prompt before Firefox closes.You're right in that there was a fairly recent update, but your question's details say you're on Firefox 44.0. Open Other Bookmarks in a separate window.Ĭlose the Firefox browser window.
See: How to fix an unresponsive script error. Open the Browser Console to troubleshoot an unresponsive script error. Open the history in a window instead of a sidebar like Ctrl+ H. Open the Clear Data window to quickly clear private data. For example, type computerhope in the address bar and press Ctrl+Enter to get.
Refresh the page, ignoring the Internet cache (force full refresh). To open the history in a window press Ctrl+ Shift+ H.ĭisplay the Page Info window about the web page currently being viewed.Īccess the Open File window to open a file in Firefox. Press Ctrl+ Shift+ G to return to a previous search result. Open the Bookmarks in a sidebar, to view all bookmarks in Firefox.Īdd a bookmark for the page currently opened.Īccess the Find option, to search for any text on the currently open web page.Īdvance to the next result of a search performed with Ctrl+ F. Increase or decrease the font size, pressing '-' decreases and '+' increases. Pressing F11 again will exit this mode.ĭisplay all previous text entered in a text box and available options on drop-down menu. Shortcut keysĭisplay the current website in fullscreen mode. See the computer shortcut page if you are looking for other shortcut keys used in other programs.
Below is a listing of all the major shortcut keys for Mozilla Firefox on a Microsoft Windows computer.