Strange behavior of address bar

I have a problem with the selection of text in the address bar by clicking with the mouse.

What I expect to happen: a single click any where (without previous selection) selects the entire URL, extra clicks to select parts of the URL or move the cursor. Maximally three clicks are necessary to any desired selection mode.

What happens to the contrary seems more random. Sometimes I have to click on 6 or several times until the entire URL is highlighted, however when I start typing, it does not always replace the entire string, but begins by replacing the last character.
The selection also feels sometimes lag, with the section highlighted change after a noticeable delay (about 300 ms).

The address bar is still usable, but it no longer responds to always enter.

I'm using Firefox 33.0.2. Disabling extensions and restarting do not affect the issue. However, when you run Firefox in SafeMode the problem disappears. Any ideas how can I fix?

Hello

Try disabling graphics hardware acceleration. You will have to perhaps restart Firefox for it to take effect, so save any work first (e.g. you compose mail, documents online that you are editing, etc.).

Then perform the following steps:

  1. Click the menu button

    and select Options

  2. In the Options of Firefox window, click the Advanced tab, and then select general.
  3. You will find in the list of parameters, the checkbox use hardware acceleration when available . Clear this check box.
  4. Now restart Firefox and see if the problems persist.

In addition, please check the updates for your graphics driver by following the steps in the following knowledge base articles:

This solve your problems? Please report to us!

Thank you.

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