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Why do my open Firefox windows keep shifting places at the bottom of the page as I use them? I need them in order

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Hello! I am still having this issue. It is getting worse. Now I can be typing a response or clicking to navigate to an article/link and the page will indiscriminately jump to another open page. Can anyone help??


" I typically have four Firefox browser windows open at one time. I work from home, and need them in order. Recently (never had this problem since FF was released!) whenever I use or click on a page, it moves indiscriminately from one spot to another. There is no rhyme or reason to this. Sometimes in the middle of a transaction the page will suddenly shift to another open page."
Hello! I am still having this issue. It is getting worse. Now I can be typing a response or clicking to navigate to an article/link and the page will indiscriminately jump to another open page. Can anyone help?? " I typically have four Firefox browser windows open at one time. I work from home, and need them in order. Recently (never had this problem since FF was released!) whenever I use or click on a page, it moves indiscriminately from one spot to another. There is no rhyme or reason to this. Sometimes in the middle of a transaction the page will suddenly shift to another open page."

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hello, can you try to replicate this behaviour when you launch firefox in safe mode once? if not, maybe an addon is interfering here...

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Are you talking about the icons on the task bar, or the windows themselves?

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philpp. I did try this solution,(launching in safe mode) i had found the same suggestion on line. I only have two add-ons currently, "NoScript" and "Adblock Plus" I have had them both installed together for over a year. I tried deactivating both, and the problem persisted. I then removed and reinstalled them both. I also removed and reinstalled FF, still the problem persists?

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FredMcD, I am talking about the Windows themselves. They just move without warning, even in the middle of typing this response another page shifted into place and I had to go looking for this page again!!