view selection source broke. can not see text. also hate new default theme. want old color scheme back !
view selection source just shows white screen. nothing displayed. tried highlighting/selecting text on page showing selection source. does not work right. copy link location works, if you hit the right spot. i think text is just invisible. may be related to the stupid new color scheme i seem to have after the latest update. tried changing themes, colors, no help. ugly colors i can live with. invisible text i can not !
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Hi sorry having a issue : 1st try this please as there : appears to be an issue that only affects users who have turned off cleartype font rendering within their windows settings. So a workaround for the moment would either be to turn cleartype back on or disabling hardware acceleration in Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/performance-settings
If this does not fix the issue : uninstall Firefox. Then Delete the Mozilla Firefox Folders in C:\Program Files , C:\Program Files(x86) & C:\ProgramData Then restart system. Then run Windows Disk Cleanup. (Note: This should be Pinned and run Weekly, If never done below expect 10's of gig's) Then run it again and click the button that says Cleanup System Files. Note: your Firefox Profile is saved. But you should make a back up before you do :
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/export-firefox-bookmarks-to-backup-or-transfer
Reinstall with Current Release Firefox 59.0.1 with a Full Version Installer
fyi you can do many thinks and have many looks with : USSER CHROME URL'S
- https://www.howtogeek.com/334716/how-to-customize-firefoxs-user-interface-with-userchrome.css/
- http://techdows.com/2017/09/classic-theme-restorer-userchrome-css-modify-firefox-57-photon-ui.html
- https://github.com/Aris-t2/CustomCSSforFx/issues/1
- https://www.accessfirefox.org/Theme-Font-Size-Changer.php
- https://www.userchrome.org/
- https://www.accessfirefox.org/Firefox_Accessibility_Themes.php
- https://www.userchrome.org/what-is-userchrome-css.html
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/UserChrome.css
- https://github.com/axydavid/FirefoxUI/blob/master/README.md
- https://github.com/wilfredwee/photon-australis
- https://www.reddit.com/r/FirefoxCSS/
Note not all code in one place.
Please let us know if this solved your issue or if need further assistance.
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Hi sorry having a issue : 1st try this please as there : appears to be an issue that only affects users who have turned off cleartype font rendering within their windows settings. So a workaround for the moment would either be to turn cleartype back on or disabling hardware acceleration in Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/performance-settings
If this does not fix the issue : uninstall Firefox. Then Delete the Mozilla Firefox Folders in C:\Program Files , C:\Program Files(x86) & C:\ProgramData Then restart system. Then run Windows Disk Cleanup. (Note: This should be Pinned and run Weekly, If never done below expect 10's of gig's) Then run it again and click the button that says Cleanup System Files. Note: your Firefox Profile is saved. But you should make a back up before you do :
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/export-firefox-bookmarks-to-backup-or-transfer
Reinstall with Current Release Firefox 59.0.1 with a Full Version Installer
fyi you can do many thinks and have many looks with : USSER CHROME URL'S
- https://www.howtogeek.com/334716/how-to-customize-firefoxs-user-interface-with-userchrome.css/
- http://techdows.com/2017/09/classic-theme-restorer-userchrome-css-modify-firefox-57-photon-ui.html
- https://github.com/Aris-t2/CustomCSSforFx/issues/1
- https://www.accessfirefox.org/Theme-Font-Size-Changer.php
- https://www.userchrome.org/
- https://www.accessfirefox.org/Firefox_Accessibility_Themes.php
- https://www.userchrome.org/what-is-userchrome-css.html
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/UserChrome.css
- https://github.com/axydavid/FirefoxUI/blob/master/README.md
- https://github.com/wilfredwee/photon-australis
- https://www.reddit.com/r/FirefoxCSS/
Note not all code in one place.
Please let us know if this solved your issue or if need further assistance.
Thanks ! I turned on cleartype and it fixed it ! I don't know if the latest Firefox update needed this and prior versions did not, or if it somehow got turned off.
I don't remember having messed with this setting, and definitely not lately, so I am at a loss if / how it got turned off. Maybe a Firefox or Windows update did it ? Hopefully it stays set !
Something is still not quite right with the look of some of my regular sites, but as far as I can tell, nothing serious is wrong, so I might just ignore whatever happened. It is also hard for me to define just what is different, so until I figure it out, I can't really make a specific complaint or search for a fix yet. maybe later ! Seems like I see more white in backgrounds, for instance, but again, I'm not sure what it was like before.
P. S. - I like fixes that don't involve uninstalling/ reloading everything. That is always a pain, I am really glad the first suggestion worked !