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Firefox won't go to my website by hitting return

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When I type in a website in the address bar, firefox forces me to use the mouse to click on the go arrow. Previously all I had to do is hit return, or just click on a site from the drop down selections from the address bar. However, if I just click on one of my bookmarks from that drop down menu, they load up right away.

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Every time Firefox opened

== 3-4 days ago

When I type in a website in the address bar, firefox forces me to use the mouse to click on the go arrow. Previously all I had to do is hit return, or just click on a site from the drop down selections from the address bar. However, if I just click on one of my bookmarks from that drop down menu, they load up right away. == This happened == Every time Firefox opened == 3-4 days ago

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cor-el
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Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of your add-ons is causing your problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Add-ons > Themes). See Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems and Troubleshoot issues with plugins like Flash or Java to fix common Firefox problems

If it does work in Safe-mode then disable all your extensions and then try to find which is causing it by enabling one at a time until the problem reappears. You can use "Disable all add-ons" on the Safe mode start window. You have to close and restart Firefox after each change via "File > Exit" (on Mac: "Firefox > Quit")