Can't select from a text field without focusing the text field first

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I can't select text in the search bar without focusing the search bar first.

This problem also seem to be applicable to other text fields and text areas in the site.

Browser: Firefox 66.0.5 (64-bit)

OS: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

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asked May 18 at 21:10

Venkata Raju

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Seems like a browser bug. Doesn't happen for me with Firefox. – Robert Longson May 18 at 21:16
@RobertLongson This happened in Firefox only. OS: Ubuntu – Venkata Raju May 18 at 21:26
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Repro'd in Waterfox + Windows 7 (even in safe mode). Works as expected on other sites such as DuckDuckGo and Wikipedia... – a wizard arachnid May 18 at 21:47
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@RobertLongson This does not seem to be the behavior with normal text field or textarea in Firefox. Selection works without first clicking on the tetfield/textarea. – Venkata Raju May 18 at 21:48
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Cross-site post on Meta.SO: Weird focus/selection behavior in Firefox on input and text areas when editing questions. This has been reported a long time ago; this bug exists since the redesign of the text fields with the blue borders. Related: Problems pasting into answer and comment fields. – Sebastian Simon May 18 at 21:48
Still reproducible on Firefox Nightly 68.0a1, Arch Linux with Gnome 3.32.2. – Sebastian Simon May 18 at 21:54
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Same issue here with Windows 10 and Firefox 66.0.5., – Michael Frank May 19 at 2:51
@AdamLear Glad this is status-review now! Please don’t forget to consider the related issue and the cross-site dupe when trying to find a solution for this. – Sebastian Simon May 20 at 17:05

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