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The Find command on the Edit menu doesn't work. No window in which to enter the word(s) I wish to find opens up.

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When I go to edit and click find no window opens and so I can not enter the word(s) that I am searching for on the webpage. The same result comes with using Ctrl+f. Infact, when I click on the edit menu, I noticed that Find is not followed by the usual .... Does that mean that the Find feature is not part of this newer version of Firefox and if so why?

When I go to edit and click find no window opens and so I can not enter the word(s) that I am searching for on the webpage. The same result comes with using Ctrl+f. Infact, when I click on the edit menu, I noticed that Find is not followed by the usual .... Does that mean that the Find feature is not part of this newer version of Firefox and if so why?

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If you use Edit > Find or Ctrl+F then you should see a Find bar at the bottom of the browser window. Current Firefox versions do not show a pop-up window.

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If you use Edit > Find or Ctrl+F then you should see a Find bar at the bottom of the browser window. Current Firefox versions do not show a pop-up window.