Questions tagged [firefox]
For issues with how Stack Exchange sites look or work that are specific to Firefox. (Note: the mobile version of Firefox is not supported.)
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Network login troubleshooting
Trying to troubleshoot, I was using https://meta.stackoverflow.com/network-login-help?.
With my regular profile and addons in Firefox (26 64bit Mozilla build for GNU/Linux), I get:
scripting OK, ...
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Can not login to Stack Exchange sites with Firefox nightly builds [duplicate]
I can not log into any Stack Exchange sites while using the Firefox nightly build built today (11.01.2013). When I try to log in, it just says welcome you have been logged in please refresh the page, ...
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Stack Overflow logo being truncated at the bottom on the Data Explorer
On selecting Stack Overflow on the Data Explorer, the logo is getting truncated at the bottom:
And the same for other sites logo:
It's a minor issue and need some CSS changes.
I am using:
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Small discrepancy in Advanced Search help in Firefox
In Firefox (currently running 25.0.1), When you click on the Advanced Search Tips on the right-hand side of the display after you have searched for something, you get the following for the url search ...
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SO login does not work with Firefox
I tried to log in at SO, but after entering name and password I get an empty site. When I reload the SO main site, I'm still not logged in.
This is only true for the current Firefox (V26), but not ...
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Extra blue line appearing in the top bar (Firefox only)
Whenever we click on the Inbox or the Achievements in the top bar, an extra blue line appears near by them. This is reproducible on Stack Overflow and Anime & Manga(as I use only those) but not on ...
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Achievements header is overflown [duplicate]
While trying to take screenshot for this question Achievements header is little overflow outside only in FF and working perfectly in IE10 and latest chrome browser.
Managed to take 2 SS,
One more ...
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Bookmarking search query using javascript [duplicate]
Please provide me search queries for the below criteria,So that I can bookmark these links in my browser or use it in search box of Stackoverflow.
Search all questions tagged ONLY java and asked ...
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Help menu on new meta toolbar has CSS issues
In the new top bar on Meta, when we hover over the options under the help menu, it'll show an extended selection view.
Additional Info:
Browser: Firefox 23
OS: Windows 7
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The "delete" feature isn't working on my account on IE and Firefox browsers
The How do I delete my account faq points out that this link:
is available to folk who haven't asked a question and who have at most one contribution.
As you can see, I have the link, and when I ...
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Edit link broken for a question
I asked this:
What is the semantic for the modulo operator x % y, when y is 0?
And the edit link below the question is:
Edit link
When I press it, I get a 'Page not Found' error. Why?
Notes:
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Stack Exchange adds trailing # to URLs
When going to a Stack Exchange user profile (https://stackexchange.com/users/userID/username), and you click All Sites, it leads to https://stackexchange.com/sites#. I see a trailing # in the URL.
So, ...
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Network errors while doing reviews
Since some time today, doing reviews is a very shaky operation; every second or third review when I click on the action button (regardless of what button, or what review queue), I get the loading ...
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Meta Stack Overflow requires external JavaScript from another domain, which is blocked or failed to load
I know this appears to be a duplicate. It's been brought up a dozen times on meta.stackoverflow.com. I've read many of them, but none of them really describe my scenario which I've been unable to ...
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Log in problems on Firefox [duplicate]
I am facing a problem with Firefox when logging onto my Stack Overflow account. I click on "log in," then I choose "connect with Facebook." But after that, nothing happens, except for the ...
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How to paste image from Firefox? [duplicate]
I can paste images from clipboard into SE posts from within Chrome, but can't do that from within Firefox.
When Add Image dialog appears, it says supplementary "(or paste or drag-and-drop)" in Chrome ...
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Can't add comments or start bounty while using Firefox 22
I am having problems with Firefox version 22. When I got to my question and try to add a comment or start a bounty either nothing happens or it jumps me to the top of the page.
Firebug shows this ...
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Title of PopUp in Contact Support is missing
There seems to be a problem with Firefox 23 when displaying the PopUps in the Contact Support. The title of the PopUp is missing (see Screenshot below, it should display "How to delete your account")
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Reputation earned and question titles are crammed together on activity drop-down
On a half screen window, on the rep drop down menu, the rep gained and the question its from run together. Can an extra space be added?
I'm running FF 17.0.7 on Win 7
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Careers profile Experience Screen
On Careers Profile Page during adding my experiences when I click the display options it show the overlapped field as:
I am using, windows 7, firefox 22 resolution 1368*768
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Can we make chat notifications work on Firefox?
With the release of Firefox 22 has come an implementation of the Web Notifications (draft) API. SE Chat has had notifications for a while, but a quick search of the minified code and the lack of a ...
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miles display in distance slider falling down
On http://careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs/ the XX miles text is on it's own line compared to distance (use slider), making it hidden behind the drag bar for the distance:
After playing around a ...
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Stack Overflow: trouble logging in with Firefox
When I connect to Stack Overflow and click on the "login" button, I am taken to the login page, as expected. When I click on "Google" (as I always have), the "Welcome back, Number8, you are being ...
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Can't login in on Stack Overflow from Firefox (no AdBlock Plus extension)
I can't login in Stack Overflow using my Stack Exchange account from Firefox 21.
This happen both in Windows 7 and GNU/Linux (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 32-bit).
I don't have any problem to login in Stack ...
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Unable to login with firefox
I'm pretty sure this question has been asked, but I cannot find a solution. I use firefox allot more than chrome and I can't log into any stack website (including stack exchange) with firefox. I get ...
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Not able to login into Stack Overflow with google open Id in Firefox 16
I am not able to login to Stack Overflow with my Gmail account on Firefox 16. But I can do the same with the latest Chrome. Whats is happening? any bug?
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Problems logging in Stack Overflow with Firefox and Chrome
I can't log in to Stack Overflow with Firefox (20.0.1) or Chrome. I tried under Ubuntu and Windows 7 and allowed all third party cookies in Firefox. I am actually able to insert all necessary login ...
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Browse Field in Image Dialog is too large in Firefox
Using Firefox on Ubuntu
Browse field is browsing around - happens on SO and its Meta, Security.SE and its Meta - I have accounts on them and have verified them myself. Also happens on Super User, ...
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Firefox drag-n-drop not working
Firefox drag-n-drop for pictures didn't work: it drops the picture, but didn't put the appropriate code in post.
Steps to reproduce:
Click the image button
Drag an image to the image dialog box.
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Can't login using Firefox 21 Nightly / 19 stable [duplicate]
I am using "Login with Google" and can't access stackoverflow from my account using Firefox. I tested this using 2 versions: At first I tried logging in using Firefox 21 Nightly, then I checked it ...
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What do I need to do to be able to log in with Firefox?
I'm ditching Chrome, finally worn out by its persistent memory bloat, and trying to move to Firefox (19.0). I have not imported/transferred anything from my Chrome settings.
On trying to log in (...
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Unable to login after switch to Firefox [duplicate]
Chrome has been misbehaving recently so I've switched to Firefox. I downloaded and installed Firefox release version 18.0.2 and using that browser I now am unable to login to any Stack Exchange ...
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Bug in textarea in bounty creation popup
I was attempting to create a bounty for a question over on Stack Overflow and ran into a rendering glitch on the last page. After entering a sentence that exceeds the length of a single line, the ...
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Rendering of Favorite/Ignored Tags in Firefox
I have spotted a bug in rendering of Favorite Tags and Ignored Tags section in Firefox.
This rendering issue is present on both stackoverflow.com and meta.stackoverflow.com sites.
I'm using Firefox ...
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Infinite loop of 'Stay on page?' popups while typing a Stack Overflow question
In Firefox on Mac OS, the 2-finger-swipe gesture is a shortcut for forward and back. This is often handy, but sometimes I use the gesture by accident.
When I accidentally do a "go back" swipe while ...
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Unable to login with Stack Exchange
I am unable to login to stackoverflow, meta.stackoverflow or askubuntu.com using Firefox 17 on Ubuntu 12.10 with Stack Exchange
It just hangs there showing the moving 3 dots: "..."
It's a clean ...
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Support for Firefox 17's Social API?
Firefox 17 brings a new Social API, which allows sites to do things like send notifications to users, even when they're not currently browsing the site:
Much like the OpenSearch standard, Mozillaās ...
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Stack Overflow crashes Firefox
This has happened to me about a dozen times now: every once in a blue moon I'll load the Stack Overflow homepage, and Firefox will crash. It's happened enough times, that I'm pretty sure that it has ...
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Why are comments overlapping the sidebar?
On one MSE question, the comments are overlapping the related questions sidebar. Is this something to do with the weird formatting of the first comment?
Browser: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; rv:16.0) ...
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Login not displayed
I just switched over from using Chrome to using Firefox. I am able to login to all the other StackExchange sites (including this one), but for some reason when I login on stack overflow, it tells me ...
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Misaligned monospace columns in Firefox
Browsing SO, I often find that my Firefox 15.0.1 on Gentoo Linux will fail to render monospace text exactly as monospace. As I haven't seen letters move when syntax highlighting kicks in, I assume ...
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Mobile SO site doesn't show comment edit link in Firefox
The stock Android browser shows an edit link for comments. The Firefox version doesn't.
(Somewhat related, the edit box in the Android browser is reallllly tiny.)
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Firefox popup 'Authentication Required' when accessing Stack Overflow
One of the more recent updates to Firefox started to popup a message whenever I access StackOverflow from my work machine, along the lines of:
'The proxy moz-proxy://xxx:8080 is requesting a user ...
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Stackoverflow Login is not working on FF 15
When I click Login from OPENID on FireFox 15. It shows me that you are logged in. Refresh the Browser. When I do this. I am still not Logged-in. Any one has this same issue?
I am asking this question ...
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Should Stack Exchange support ESR releases of Firefox?
The current browser support policy for Stack Exchange is to support Firefox 13-14. I noticed an issue on the ESR version of Firefox (10.0.4) bundled with Centos 6 (and therefore RHEL 6).
From the ...
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Login to Stack Overflow impossible on Firefox
I wanted to login to stackoverflow.com with my newly created Stack Exchange account. Unfortunately, it's not possible with Firefox on Mac OSX, because the four buttons on the login page below "Do ...
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High CPU usage when StackOverflow is left open for a long time
Several times, I've noticed when I look at my computer in the morning, when it's been left on overnight, Firefox has high CPU usage (25% on this 4-core machine).
The first few times, I just restarted ...
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Left panel on Area 51 went ballistic
Something may have happened to Area 51 within the last 24 hours (it was fine when I checked yesterday). With no known change to my setup (for example, it is still Firefox 11.0) I now get:
Is this a ...
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Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at ws://sockets.ny.stackexchange.com/
Update
This issue was fixed in later versions of Firefox and no longer applies
It is kept here for reference for those having to use legacy browsers for specific reasons. Otherwise please ...
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"Declining because... other..." field is broken in Iceweasel/Firefox
To reproduce:
Hit the Decline button on a flag
Select Other... as the reason
Click inside the text field
Focus will be immediately moved to the Other... radio button, making it impossible to type in ...