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Youtube typing function mixed with hotkeys

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Hi, I just got a problem, and I have no idea if it is on Firefox, Youtube or something else, but I need to start somewhere, and I guess it might be Firefox, because I don´t have this problem with other browsers.

I can´t use Youtube properly anymore. Every time I want to type something on Youtube, for example in the search bar or in the comment section, it gets mixed up with the hotkeys. For example, pressing "t" gives me a "t" in text, and it moves the video into cinematic mode at the same time. Pressing "i" gives me an I in a text field, but also puts the video into miniplayer mode at the same time. Spacebar however doesn´t give me a space in text, but only pauses the video. To type something, I need to open a word document, and copy paste it into youtube, because I can't properly type on the Youtube website properly anymore.

I tested the same keyboard on a different browser on a different computer. Then it works fine. So I think either it is my computer, or the Firefox browser.

Hi, I just got a problem, and I have no idea if it is on Firefox, Youtube or something else, but I need to start somewhere, and I guess it might be Firefox, because I don´t have this problem with other browsers. I can´t use Youtube properly anymore. Every time I want to type something on Youtube, for example in the search bar or in the comment section, it gets mixed up with the hotkeys. For example, pressing "t" gives me a "t" in text, and it moves the video into cinematic mode at the same time. Pressing "i" gives me an I in a text field, but also puts the video into miniplayer mode at the same time. Spacebar however doesn´t give me a space in text, but only pauses the video. To type something, I need to open a word document, and copy paste it into youtube, because I can't properly type on the Youtube website properly anymore. I tested the same keyboard on a different browser on a different computer. Then it works fine. So I think either it is my computer, or the Firefox browser.

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Hi

Thank you for flagging up this issue.

YouTube have looked into this and will be correcting the issue shortly.

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Its issue with youtube, google changed something without properly testing it on firefox. (but it works on chrome, how convenient for them).

Modified by kammtar

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I see now there are more requests like that popping up. So, no need to answer here.

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kammtar said

Its issue with youtube, google changed something without properly testing it on firefox. (but it works on chrome, how convenient for them).

Yepp, but I want to continue with Firefox and not change to Chrome, so... they don´t get me.