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When I am typing in the address bar, the cursor disappears after 15 or so characters and I have to reclick on the bar to continue typing.. why?

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Sometimes it seems like it is prompted by some type of reload as the cursor turns into the blue circle before disappearing. I am not hitting any strange keys or doing anything with the mouse.

Sometimes it seems like it is prompted by some type of reload as the cursor turns into the blue circle before disappearing. I am not hitting any strange keys or doing anything with the mouse.

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The mouse cursor (pointer) or the one that indicates where you're typing (the thing that looks like |)

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The one that indicates where you're typing (|). as you can see in the attached pic, i was trying to type "andrewager.com" in the address bar, but it jumped down to the search box and the e went in to the search box.