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zivshosh
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lost my search

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Greetings
I lost my search page option (ctrl-F)
I used this forum to find a way to make this search appear not on the bottom line
I'm in firefox 110.0
please help
thank you
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Re: lost my search

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Does the same thing occur if you launch the application in Mozilla Trouble Shooting Mode? http://kb.mozillazine.org/Safe_mode
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Re: lost my search

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If you right click an existing toolbar or tab bar and select "customize" can you move a search box to that toolbar?

or...

Enter this in the url bar and review the options:
about:preferences#search
I often take a long windy road to my destination. Upon arrival, I wonder how I missed the shortcut.
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Re: lost my search

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perhaps I did not explain what I meant by search (ctrl F): it is not Google search hence customizing or using address bar wouldn't help.
What I meant is this: given a current page, search for string only in that page.
I received a script but I lost it and since I don't use this search so much and I update Firefox it was lost in one of the updates
Strangely enough I could not find my post fro few years ago in which I asked and got an excellent answer in the form of this script
thank you
zivshosh
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Re: lost my search

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found the script but it does not work
here it is:
-----------------------------------------------------------------
create chrome folder in user profile
create userChrome.css in it with the following contents (2 lines):

/* --- Find bar to the top --- */
.browserContainer > findbar { -moz-box-ordinal-group: 0; position: fixed !important; }


change in about:config

toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets -> true


cancel multi-row in userChrome.css
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I guess it is not valid for version 110.0.1
so how can I search a page in this version?
thank you
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Re: lost my search

Post by dickvl »

Leave out: position: fixed !important;

Code: Select all

.browserContainer > findbar {
 -moz-box-ordinal-group:0;
 border-top: none !important;
 border-bottom: 1px solid ThreeDShadow !important;
}
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Re: lost my search

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I did and it did not help
is there a repair process for firefox or do I have to go back to previous version and block update?
thank you
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Re: lost my search

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It is unlikely that replacing the program itself will resolve your problem as this is not an issue reported by multiple users.

Have you tried starting Firefox in Mozilla Safe Mode? http://kb.mozillazine.org/Safe_mode
If no improvement using Safe Mode, do you have the same problem if you create a new profile and test it with no extensions or non-default themes installed?
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_Manager
and
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Creating_a_ne ... on_Windows

Also see http://kb.mozillazine.org/Standard_diagnostic_-_Firefox
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Re: lost my search

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In Troubleshoot Mode userChrome.css is disabled, so the code wouldn't have effect.
Does other code in your userChrome.css still work?
You can possibly try userChrome.css with only this code.

You use the Browser Toolbox to check what rules are applied to the findbar.
https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org ... er_toolbox
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Post by BruceAWittmeier »

You can copy your userChrome.css to something like userChrome.ren (for rename).
Then modify your original userChrome.css and edit out everything but the code you want to test.
Restart Firefox.

You can also very simply create a new profile entering in the Windows start > run firefox -p and create a TestUser profile and just add the above code and change the legacy... setting.

The css Dickvl posted is a nice enhancement. I've put it in my own and it works fine.
I often take a long windy road to my destination. Upon arrival, I wonder how I missed the shortcut.
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Re: lost my search

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Thank you all
I didn't try working with safe mode but I did try loading firefox in troubleshoot mode and findbar worked, at the cost that none of the add-ons was enabled
this lead me to the conclusion that my last add-on interferes. I have not installed or upgraded any add-ons except one: libkey nomad
removed it, restarted firefox and again findbar did not worked. maybe I should have restarted the computer also
I didn't try creating a new profile or diagnostics yet
I don't know how to reach the toolbox: I don't have any advanced settings and ctrl-alt-shift I did not respond
userChrome.css contained only the script to change findbar position (can't use bottom line since I use RoboForm that uses the bottom line. but even when I cleared the bottom line findbar didn't work)
than you all again
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Re: lost my search

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I didn't try working with safe mode but I did try loading firefox in troubleshoot mode and findbar worked, at the cost that none of the add-ons was enabled
Safe Mode and Troubleshooting mode are two names for the same thing.
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Re: lost my search

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if findbar works in troubleshooting mode and does not normally what does it mean?
and how do I reach the browser toolbox mentioned by dickvl?
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Re: lost my search

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When things work properly in Safe Mode but not in Standard Mode it often indicates that an installed extension is causing problems.
Try disabling all extensions but one and then close and restart the program. (Disable them by using menu path Tools->Addons->Extensions->click on "Disable" for every extension but one.) See if the problem is present. If not, enable an additional extension and close and restart the application. Repeat this procedure until the problem reappears. The last enabled extension will be the cause of the problem.
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Re: lost my search

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update to firefox 111 didn't solve the problem
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