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Now it's reverse typing problems on Firefox

10 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/now-its-reverse-typing-problems-on-firefox.64700/

koolbluez
koolbluez Original post #1
Aug 4, 2007 at 8:44 PM
Why do I keep getting problems which are always unique to myself? Now, this is the latest.

My FireFox 2.0.0.3 is now typing characters in the reverse sometimes... like "koobluez" becomes "zeulbook" and this happened only in FireFox. This might have happened when Java environment was initialised on an Internet Explorer page simultaneously opened (just a chance).

Has there been any account of this happening to any of you guyz... characters start typing from the left corner of the address bar & expand from that side to the right-hand side as we type. Some form fields (like the "advanced search" field in thinkdigit.com/forum) can't be typed into then. This never happened b4. Is this the fault of my FireFox.. or Internet Explorer 7 (on my Vista-64bit lappie) or Vista itself?

I'm beginning to hate Vista.. as I blame it for all this cr@p happening to me. Driver probs... software incompatibiliy issues... freaky user-computer interactions... what not... I was better off with my very stable.. highly efficient WinXP.

Someone reply please. Someone @least experienced these cases.. like my earlier issue with wireless mouse typing "-"s & "+"s continually without any stuck key... HardDisk not getting detected in WinXP installation on Vistæd lappie... this reverse typing in FireFox...

Replies in any +ve direction will be highly appreciated. I need to pin the bad guy here.

And.. yes.. advanced Happy FriendShip Day... dudes...
cynosure
cynosure #2
Aug 4, 2007 at 11:07 PM
Sorry bro, never happened to me. But my FF crashes sometimes but still it never shows such wierd behavior.
Wait for any MVP, they might help you.
Pathik
Pathik #3
Aug 5, 2007 at 12:55 AM
haha kooly... Check out if there r any traces of kryptonite in ur lappy :p :D
ilugd
ilugd #4
Aug 5, 2007 at 9:20 AM
*kb.mozillazine.org/Keyboard_shortcut_registry_for_extension_authors_(Firefox)

There is something called change text direction here. Got to go to church now, so am unable to check it out.
aryayush
aryayush #5
Aug 5, 2007 at 3:11 PM
In Safari, when you right click while typing something, you have the option of changing the "Writing Direction" from "Left to Right" to "Right to Left".

Maybe there is a similar option in Firefox somewhere and you've accidentally turned it on.
koolbluez
koolbluez #6
Aug 5, 2007 at 10:05 PM
ilugd said:
*kb.mozillazine.org/Keyboard_shortcut_registry_for_extension_authors_(Firefox)

There is something called change text direction here. Got to go to church now, so am unable to check it out.
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If u meant the Switch Text Direction... Ctrl+Shift+X in Firefox... as in *kb.mozillazine.org/Keyboard_shortcut_registry_for_extension_authors_(Firefox), it didn't work for me anyway.. (dunno why)
ilugd
ilugd #7
Aug 6, 2007 at 11:27 AM
i guess you need to install the extensionmentioned at the top.
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RichPella #8
Aug 8, 2009 at 6:30 AM
Hey, I'm experiencing the same thing. Now it's with Firefox 3.0.13. I use Windows Vista 64-bit. I've had this computer for over six months and this problem just started today.

Reference my thread here for the full story. So far it hasn't happened on this board, only on the one in the link. Even there it's intermittent.

Anyone?
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Oh yeah, it has nothing to do with the "Switch Text Direction" thing, either.
NucleusKore
NucleusKore #9
Aug 8, 2009 at 11:19 AM
I faced the same problem on Firefox 3.0.13 on Ubuntu 9.04. Solved it by restarting the browser.
R
RichPella #10
Aug 8, 2009 at 9:55 PM
Restarting the browser did not fix it. Restarting the computer did not fix it. Everything is fine in IE.