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I'm using Firefox on Mac OS X and just over a week ago the backspace key stopped working correctly when adding comments.
The main issues are:
1. Holding down the backspace key no longer works - you have to press the backspace key every time you want to delete a character.
2. Sometimes the backspace only works intermittently if you've added a dot (.) at the end of your comment - you either can't delete the dot or you can delete the dot but you can't delete any of the characters immediately before it. This is obviously a UI issue because backspaces are working fine on every other site I use.
If anyone else has had this problem as well please let me know. I'm guessing this is happening as a result of a recent update by Facebook because I'm also unable to copy-and-paste URLs in the comments field as well now and that started happening at exactly the same time. Apologies if this question is incorrectly categorised but I didn't see any options relevant to my question.
The main issues are:
1. Holding down the backspace key no longer works - you have to press the backspace key every time you want to delete a character.
2. Sometimes the backspace only works intermittently if you've added a dot (.) at the end of your comment - you either can't delete the dot or you can delete the dot but you can't delete any of the characters immediately before it. This is obviously a UI issue because backspaces are working fine on every other site I use.
If anyone else has had this problem as well please let me know. I'm guessing this is happening as a result of a recent update by Facebook because I'm also unable to copy-and-paste URLs in the comments field as well now and that started happening at exactly the same time. Apologies if this question is incorrectly categorised but I didn't see any options relevant to my question.
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Karen Loftin Tellefsen 1 answerI was having the 'backspace key not working in Facebook ONLY while using Firefox' issue as well. It drove me crazy for to weeks. I tried everything. FINALLY this morning, I uninstalled (removed) the Firefox Grammerly Add on and updated to Firefox version 34.0 . BINGO! My backspace key now works in Facebook. I would suggest if you have the Grammarly Add on , remove it now. I love that add on, but the updated version of Firefox has an included spell check so you will not miss it that much.- View previous comments
How did you delete the Grammerly add on. I have tried everything?by Pamela C. Gamble
Pamela, for instructions go here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/disable-or-remove-add-onsby Karen Loftin Tellefsen
I am having the same problem but using safari. Can anyone help?by Linda Cansler William
i'm the conspiracy theorist that believes facebook won't let you delete text, because it hasn't finished uploading it. Their goal is to archive every word, intentional or not, spoken in anger or not. It's a bandwidth problem for facebook, and a privacy problem for the people.by Rob Burton
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