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i cannot search anyhting on firefox it always open a new tab only, how can i solve this ?

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Tissara
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i cannot type any words only the first letter.Everytime i type a letter T firefox opens a new tab and if i try to type a word starting with s it opens a window to save.the search bar doesn't even show the letter i type.I cannot do anything with firefox.Even i cant type google or anything.i don't know how to fix this.Please help.Thank you.

i cannot type any words only the first letter.Everytime i type a letter T firefox opens a new tab and if i try to type a word starting with s it opens a window to save.the search bar doesn't even show the letter i type.I cannot do anything with firefox.Even i cant type google or anything.i don't know how to fix this.Please help.Thank you.

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hello, this sounds a bit as if the ctrl-key on your keyboard is constantly pressed - maybe it's a hardware issue, can you try with a different keyboard?

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hello, this sounds a bit as if the ctrl-key on your keyboard is constantly pressed - maybe it's a hardware issue, can you try with a different keyboard?

Tissara
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Thank you Phillip , it's solved.