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pls somebody tell me how to stop quick find from popping up whenever i press / key

WINDOWS7USER
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pls somebody tell me how to stop quick find from popping up whenever i press" / " key. Especially a problem when i am using web calculator or math tool

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siffemcon
Collaborator

Type about:config in the address bar > press Enter

- click 'Accept the risk and continue' if that appears

Search for and set these preferences to false:

accessibility.typeaheadfind
accessibility.typeaheadfind.manual

 

 

 

HisabulHamal
Making moves

You can disable Quick Find by typing about:config in the Firefox address bar and searching for accessibility.typeaheadfind. Change its value to false, and pressing the “/” key will stop opening Quick Find. Hisabulhamal also mentioned this issue before, so hopefully Firefox makes this easier to control in future updates.

ashtonwillander
Making moves

I had a similar issue with browser popups and found that checking the settings and understanding how a tool behaves can make troubleshooting much easier. If you are also trying to figure out what is triggering Quick Find, you can click here to see a simple explanation of how a calculator works and use that same step by step approach when checking the problem.