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Search box bug

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florianb
florianb
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When trying to search with the search box in the middle of the screen below the big firefox symbol, there is no search happening. If I for example type in "Berlin" the browser goes to the following site "about:startpage?q=berlin". If I press one of the buttons on the bottom of the screen like "downloads, booḱmarks History..." nothing is happening at all. Working with elementary os on a asus 1000he....?

When trying to search with the search box in the middle of the screen below the big firefox symbol, there is no search happening. If I for example type in "Berlin" the browser goes to the following site "about:startpage?q=berlin". If I press one of the buttons on the bottom of the screen like "downloads, booḱmarks History..." nothing is happening at all. Working with elementary os on a asus 1000he....?

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FredMcD
FredMcD
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Many site issues can be caused by corrupt cookies or cache.

  • Clear the Cache and
  • Remove Cookies
    Warning ! ! This will log you out of sites you're logged in to.

Type about:preferences<Enter> in the address bar.

  • Cookies; Select Privacy. Under History, select Firefox will Use Custom Settings. Press the button on the right side called Show Cookies. Use the search bar to look for the site. Note; There may be more than one entry. Remove All of them.
  • Cache; Select Advanced > Network. Across from Cached Web Content, Press Clear Now.

If there is still a problem, Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web link} While you are in safe mode;

Type about:preferences#advanced<Enter> in the address bar.

Under Advanced, Select General. Look for and turn off Use Hardware Acceleration.

Poke around safe web sites. Are there any problems?

Then restart.

cor-el
cor-el
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Try to delete the search.json file and possible search-metadata.json and search.sqlite files in the Firefox profile folder to reset the search engines to the default.

You can use this button to go to the current Firefox profile folder:

Firefox will rebuild the search.json file from the default built-in search engines that come with Firefox and the searchplugins folder in the Firefox profile folder.