Re: Enter and Tab keys stop working

> I'll also confirm this issue which I'm pretty sure is caused by
> firebug because I've only experienced the problem since installing
> firebug a couple weeks ago.
>
> The problem occurs after some arbitrary amount of time and is
> evidenced by the tab key no longer working in Firefox (I've confirmed
> it continues to work in other applications) and the enter key no
> longer working (I'm experiencing the problem now and in order to enter
> new lines in this message have to hit shift-enter).  Restarting
> Firefox solves the issue for a while.
>
> I'm using firebug 1.05 and Firefox 2.0.0.5 on OSX 10.4
>
> -Jason
>
> On Dec 13, 8:48 am, John J Barton <johnjbar...@...> wrote:
>
> > And when you say "this issue", what is the problem? Chuck says
> > "tab and enter keys stop working within the browser window".
> > So I guess that tab and enter stop doing something they did before:
> > what is that something?  Is the operation that stops related to
> > Firebug?
>
> > If yes, are there any errors in the jsconsole (Firefox->Tools->ErrorConsole) just before the keys begin to fail or when pressed
>
> > after they fail?
>
> > On Dec 13, 8:32 am, tony <tonym...@...> wrote:
>
> > > I forgot to mention i use WinXP SP1...
>
> > > On Dec 13, 11:27 am, tony <tonym...@...> wrote:
>
> > > > I have this issue frequently, twice today in fact.  I don't know what
> > > > causes it but restarting the browser fixes it.  I do have other add-
> > > > ons besides firebug enabled, so i cant be sure what the source of the
> > > > problem is...
>
> > > > On Dec 12, 9:19 pm, "Garrett Smith" <dhtmlkitc...@...> wrote:
>
> > > > > Is it firebug that's stopping tab/enter from working?
>
> > > > > On Dec 12, 2007 2:46 PM, John J Barton <johnjbar...@...> wrote:
>
> > > > > > Why do you think this is a Firebug problem?
> > > > > > Check the issues list for similar reports: does it only happen in OS
> > > > > > 10.4?
> > > > > > Which version of Firebug? Firefox->Tools->Addons->Firebug.
>
> > > > > > On Dec 12, 11:57 am, "chuck.berge...@..."
>
> > > > > > <chuck.berge...@...> wrote:
> > > > > > > Any developments on this issue? After a while in Firefox on OS 10.4 my
> > > > > > > tab and enter keys stop working within the browser window. I can hit
> > > > > > > shift-enter, and that works. But there's no workaround for the tab
> > > > > > > key...
>
> > > > > > > It's super annoying to have to crash the browser, and hope that it
> > > > > > > retains the session with all your open tabs.
>
> > > > > > > Thanks.
>
> > > > > --
> > > > > Monkey, so they say, is the root of all people today.