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The find bar shows up hidden and I can't see it.

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Sometimes, when I hit Ctrl+F, the find bar doesn't come up all the way. I have to exit out of it, go into full screen, enable it, then exit out of full screen. It may have something to do with the add-on bar. I attached a screenshot.

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Also, I just typed out this whole ticket and when I clicked submit, it said "Access Denied." I think this is becuase I created an account, started the ticket, confirmed my account, then submitted the ticket. It's obviously a session error if this goes through. I bet that's happened to a lot of people.

Sometimes, when I hit Ctrl+F, the find bar doesn't come up all the way. I have to exit out of it, go into full screen, enable it, then exit out of full screen. It may have something to do with the add-on bar. I attached a screenshot. [http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/7621/firefoxpb.png Screenshot] Also, I just typed out this whole ticket and when I clicked submit, it said "Access Denied." I think this is becuase I created an account, started the ticket, confirmed my account, then submitted the ticket. It's obviously a session error if this goes through. I bet that's happened to a lot of people.

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It is possible that the screen is too high and that the scroll bar and the find bar and add-on bar fall off at the bottom.

  • Use Restore or Maximize in the right-click context menu of the Taskbar icon to set focus to the Firefox application if you do not see the Firefox window.
  • Open the system menu of that Firefox window via Alt+Space and see if you can move and resize that window.

If that works then close Firefox (File > Exit/Quit) to save that setting.

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Chosen Solution

It is possible that the screen is too high and that the scroll bar and the find bar and add-on bar fall off at the bottom.

  • Use Restore or Maximize in the right-click context menu of the Taskbar icon to set focus to the Firefox application if you do not see the Firefox window.
  • Open the system menu of that Firefox window via Alt+Space and see if you can move and resize that window.

If that works then close Firefox (File > Exit/Quit) to save that setting.

See also:

If the above didn't help then see:


You may get access denied on this site if you block cookies or have the referrer disabled.

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Yes I think it was just an issue with my resolution and changing monitors. Thank you.