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"find in this page" doesn't work

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The "find in this page" option, or ctrl+F doesn't work at all, it's like i never pressed the button or typed the command. Nothing happens. It didn't work before and after I've installed other custom addons.

The "find in this page" option, or ctrl+F doesn't work at all, it's like i never pressed the button or typed the command. Nothing happens. It didn't work before and after I've installed other custom addons.

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Sometimes Addons cause for problems ,so first you check whether the Find option works after disable the all addons.To do so you have to follow these steps : open menu > open help menu > Restart with add-ons Disabled Now this pop up comes up Are you sure you want to disable all addons and restart the firefox Click on Restart and in a second you get one more pop up which says reset firefox or open firefox .

open firefox and then check again whether find shortcut key works or not .

See this thread for more details about Reset Firefox

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Make sure that the "Match case" box doesn't have a checkmark.

Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.

  • Switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window
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Separate issue;

Your System Details shows;

Installed Plug-ins

Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape 11.0.07 Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape "9.5.5"

Having more than one version of a program may cause issues.