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typing not appearing in second monitor

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patmc
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hi I've a PC running WIn7 64 bit; with dual monitors 1/2 when firefox is open in screen one you can see the typing; move the window into monitor 2 and when you try to enter new text it doesn't appear. Move the window back to monitor 1 and all the text appears

hi I've a PC running WIn7 64 bit; with dual monitors 1/2 when firefox is open in screen one you can see the typing; move the window into monitor 2 and when you try to enter new text it doesn't appear. Move the window back to monitor 1 and all the text appears

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hello patmc, maybe that's an issue with hardware acceleration - please try updating your graphics driver, or in case this doesn't solve the issue or there is no new version available at the moment, disable hardware acceleration in firefox > options > advanced > general.

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philipp
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hello patmc, maybe that's an issue with hardware acceleration - please try updating your graphics driver, or in case this doesn't solve the issue or there is no new version available at the moment, disable hardware acceleration in firefox > options > advanced > general.

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Thanks very much solved the issue