firefox selecting text as i type

**Sonic Reducer** · July 6th, 2009

lately firefox has been selecting text (like the SHIFT+ARROW way) as i type, so instead of typing www.google.com it would end up being m and it would be selected. it's been doing this in the URL bar and the search bar.

what is causing this?

**esalnoj** · July 6th, 2009

What options do you have checked in advanced preferences?

**lovinglinux** · July 6th, 2009

I guess you could solve this deleting the file localstore.rdf from your profile. Back it up or just move it to be safe. If it this doesn't help, put it back on your profile

More info on how to locate this file, how to make profiles backups and troubleshoot other Firefox problems, visit Firefox optimization and troubleshooting thread.

**Sonic Reducer** · July 8th, 2009

**XCan** · July 8th, 2009

I have this issue on one of my computers as well. It ONLY happens after I unlock Ubuntu. And it is ALWAYS fixed by simply selecting another window and then select Firefox again. No clue.

**khelben1979** · July 8th, 2009

You can always try with the latest version of Firefox (3.5) to see if it solves the problem.

**Sonic Reducer** · July 8th, 2009

Originally Posted by XCan

I have this issue on one of my computers as well. It ONLY happens after I unlock Ubuntu. And it is ALWAYS fixed by simply selecting another window and then select Firefox again. No clue.

i've noticed it happens to me when a page is loading, if i hit stop or escape then i can type normally