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The search bar in the new tab page appears black with balck letters, independent of the theme

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Every time I open a new tab, the search bar appears with black / drak gray background and black letters:

https://i.imgur.com/IBaaJ7H.png?1

The same thing happens when I use google search:

https://i.imgur.com/kjR6mFJ.png?1

I've tried changing themes, uninstalling & reinstalling firefox, deleting my user profile but nothing seems to work.

Every time I open a new tab, the search bar appears with black / drak gray background and black letters: https://i.imgur.com/IBaaJ7H.png?1 The same thing happens when I use google search: https://i.imgur.com/kjR6mFJ.png?1 I've tried changing themes, uninstalling & reinstalling firefox, deleting my user profile but nothing seems to work.

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Does your OS use a dark theme? Firefox may be picking up something affecting the default background color. Hopefully a volunteer more familiar with Linux has a better thought.

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Try the Firefox version from the official Mozilla server if you currently use a version from the repositories of your Linux distribution.