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Getting Incorrect Charracters while typing into the Firefox Address Bar.

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Victor M. Rodriguez Lebron
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Using the latest version of Firefox 72.0.2 (64-bit) running in Windows 10. When I type into the Firefox Address bar I get Incorrect special characters. When I type a forward Slash /, instead I get a dash - the same happens with other special character using a QWRTY keyboard on a laptop. When I type anywhere else either using the Chrome and Edge Browser, Wordpad, Notepad, MS Word or inside any webpage textbox control; I don´t get these errors. This only happens when typing into the Forefox Browser address bar or any webpage textbox control when using the Firefox browser.

My Email Address is V*******6@gmail.com.

mod edit: changed email for privacy, don't post emails on public forums :)

Using the latest version of Firefox 72.0.2 (64-bit) running in Windows 10. When I type into the Firefox Address bar I get Incorrect special characters. When I type a forward Slash /, instead I get a dash - the same happens with other special character using a QWRTY keyboard on a laptop. When I type anywhere else either using the Chrome and Edge Browser, Wordpad, Notepad, MS Word or inside any webpage textbox control; I don´t get these errors. This only happens when typing into the Forefox Browser address bar or any webpage textbox control when using the Firefox browser. My Email Address is V*******6@gmail.com. mod edit: changed email for privacy, don't post emails on public forums :)

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Eve
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Do you have a keylogger or anything else installed that might be affecting input?

cor-el
cor-el
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Do you have multiple keyboard layouts installed in Windows?

Windows remembers the keyboard layout setting per application and tt is possible you accidentally changed the keyboard layout by using a key sequence to rotate the keyboard layout or otherwise changed the layout.