Odd jref glitch

[bpesta22]

Greetings

I am using firefox on windows xp. I cannot post any kind of punctuation (except . and ; and ,).

Contractions-- apostrophes and whatnot, when I type them, it defaults into the search and replace thingy bar on my lower left screen.

Very weird. Anyone know how to fix it so I can stop saying I am instead of I*m.

[Rat]

I am also using Firefox on Windows XP and don't have this problem. If I type a single apostrophe when the focus is not in a text box, then the search thingy comes up. It used to be the case that this would happen even in a text box, but it would still insert the apostrophe. Are you using the latest stable version?

[bpesta22]

hmm, weird; it's working now, but it wasn't before.

Ah, one doesn't realize how nice apostrophes are til one doesn't have em.

[bruto]

I have this occasionally too, with apostrophes triggering the search, and I think it comes from having accidentally hit some key combination while posting. I haven't figured out what keys, so find it's easier just to restart FF. If I'm in the middle of a long post and it happens, I switch to quotation marks. I'd be happy to hear from some knolwedgeable person if there's a keystroke combination that cancels the behavior, though.

[punchdrunk]

This happened to me when I switched from the default Firefox theme to Firefox Vista. I switched back and it doesn't do it anymore.

[Morrigan]

It happens to me too. It's not JREF-related, just some weird Firefox behaviour. I do agree it's probably a keyboard shortcut we accidentally trigger. I'd really like to know the combination key that resets it, too.

[Lisa Simpson]

For me, the apostrophe alone triggers the search function in Firefox as long as I'm not typing in a text box. The oddest thing though, is the search function doesn't work when it is triggered by the apostrophe. It only works properly when I hit Ctrl-F.

[tkingdoll]

I get this in Firefox, I hit all the F buttons in order til it goes away, I've never been smart enough to take any notice of which F button does it though.

Ill-tempered vixen, moi.

*mashes keypad with fist*

[andyandy]

just out of interest what causes the site-crashes (which seem to occur about once a week)? is it problems with the hosting server? malicious attack?

many thanks :)