438932 - The Enter/Return key stops working intermittently in the location bar

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 376084

(Firefox :: Address Bar, defect)

Description

[Jacob Shaw]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008052906 Firefox/3.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008052906 Firefox/3.0

Browser: Firefox 3.0 RC2
OS: Windows Server 2008
Hardware: Core 2 Duo MacBook (Boot Camped)

Every so often, when I type a URL into the location bar, I am unable to hit the Enter/Return key to load the page. Additionally, clicking the little right-pointing arrow at the end of the text field does not load the page. 

Interestingly, I can still use the search box and enter key. This issue seems to apply only to the location bar text field itself.

This condition occurs until I completely exit out of Firefox and relaunch it. It happens several times a day.

I believe, but cannot completely confirm, that this also occurs with all test versions of Firefox 3.0 under Mac OS X 10.5 on a Core 2 Duo MacBook.

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Use Firefox under my hardware/spftware conditions
2. Wait.
3. Boom!
Actual Results:  
N/A

Expected Results:  
The Enter/Return key should always work, obviously.

Comment 1

[Jacob Shaw]

Attachment: Picture helping illustrate the problem.

Comment 2

[Nicholas Shaw]

I also have been having this problem.

Win XP Pro - SP3

Comment 3

[Douglas Sensenig]

I am having the same problem on two Window XP Professional computers.

Comment 5

[Øyvind Stegard]

Same problem here, it's very annoying. The return key stops working in the location bar. Only work-around is to restart browser. 

Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 32bit
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; nb-NO; rv:1.9.0.1) Gecko/2008071719 Firefox/3.0.1

Comment 6

[Paul]

I think it's caused by AVG Safe Search. If you have that, try turning it off. Worth the try. And for me, the enter/ return button didn't work at all, but the "Go" arrow did.

Comment 7

[Wen]

Today is my first time encounter this problem. I'm running Windows Vista Enterprise at work, and I only encounter this at my work computer so far. I do NOT have any virus scanning software or delici.us installed so I don't think this is related.

Comment 8

[Wen]

Today is my first time encounter this problem. I'm running Windows Vista Enterprise at work, and I only encounter this at my work computer so far. I do NOT have any virus scanning software or delici.us installed so I don't think this is related.

Comment 9

[Wen]

this is still happening in Firefox 3.0.8

Comment 10

[Vishal Aldoncar]

I feel that this issue occurs when user resumes saved session in firefox.

I.e...

i opened my firefox version 3.5.4 & started browsing with max 7 tabs opened... then later once i finished browsing.. i closed my firefox main window... it showed me a message popup - "Do you want firefox to save your tabs for the next time to start"... i clicked "SAVE AND EXIT"..... then later in the afternoon.. i opened my firefox back again to resume browsing with all my previous tabs intact & loaded..... then i opened a new tab and typed address in the URL Address bar and pressed "ENTER"... my ENTER button did'nt work this time.

Hope this might help.. :D