I think this might be related to an issue I raised which you corrected.  It is 
described in an email on Christmas day.  It was in JSmol, but a similar 
behavior.

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On Jan 30, 2013, at 5:40 PM, Otis Rothenberger <[email protected]> wrote:

> Based on involved file dates, early November 2012.
> 
> Otis
> 
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> 
> On Jan 30, 2013, at 4:57 PM, Robert Hanson wrote:
> 
>> Yes, that would be it, I think. I have filed a bug report with Bugzilla. For 
>> how long have you observed this?
>> 
>> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=836490
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 10:49 PM, Otis Rothenberger <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>> Bob,
>> 
>> One context was that I was using arrow keys to nudge (translate) a clicked 
>> model. After the click of the model, I would have problems similar to what 
>> you describe with a script field on the page until I clicked in a non-applet 
>> part of the page. The following pickCallback simulated clicking in a 
>> non-applet part of the page:
>> 
>> if (nudgeTyp != "") { document.getElementById("script").blur(); 
>> document.getElementById("script").focus(); 
>> document.getElementById("script").blur(); }
>> 
>> Like I said. I thought is was a general applet issue.
>> 
>> 
>> Otis
>> 
>> --
>> Otis Rothenberger
>> [email protected]
>> http://chemagic.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Jan 30, 2013, at 1:46 PM, Otis Rothenberger wrote:
>> 
>>> Bob,
>>> 
>>> There was no problem with html5, but I suspect you knew that. I don't have 
>>> active Java right now.
>>> 
>>> BUT, I have encountered this problem in other contexts with the applet. I 
>>> assumed is was a Java thing. When I encountered the problem, a forced 
>>> JavaScript blur() then focus() would solve the problem. I could look up the 
>>> context if it's useful, but your scenario comes close to what I was finding.
>>> 
>>> Otis
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Otis Rothenberger
>>> [email protected]
>>> http://chemagic.com
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Jan 30, 2013, at 1:09 PM, Robert Hanson wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Firefox 18.0.1 is showing very odd behavior. I'm wondering if this is 
>>>> reproducible for other in Firefox or other browsers.
>>>> 
>>>> 1) open http://chemapps.stolaf.edu/jmol/simple2.htm
>>>> 2) in the command textarea, enter 
>>>> 
>>>>   background yellow
>>>> 
>>>> 3) click on an atom
>>>> 4) back in the textarea enter
>>>> 
>>>>   background white
>>>> 
>>>> Did that work? For me (4) fails to enter text.
>>>> 
>>>> 5) click on the URL line, as if you were going to go to a new page
>>>> 6) back in the textarea enter
>>>> 
>>>>   background green
>>>> 
>>>> It works, right?
>>>> 
>>>> I sure don't remember this being a problem -- or, actually, I remember 
>>>> something similar to this some time ago. Has it just suddenly reappeared?
>>>> 
>>>> I know what is basically happening, and I can turn it off.The applet, when 
>>>> you active it by clicking in it, also activates a keyboard listener. 
>>>> Somehow Firefox is not recognizing that the textarea should take that 
>>>> over, and  the applet's keyboard listener is continuing to take the keys. 
>>>> So, in (4), if *in the textarea* I type CTRL-K  (which turns on key entry) 
>>>> and then  
>>>> 
>>>>   background white [ENTER]
>>>> 
>>>> I see those characters in the bottom left-hand corner of the applet, and 
>>>> the command is executed.
>>>> 
>>>> Thoughts on this? Is it a feature I should just remove?
>>>> 
>>>> Bob
>>>> 
>>>> -- 
>>>> Robert M. Hanson
>>>> Larson-Anderson Professor of Chemistry
>>>> Chair, Chemistry Department
>>>> St. Olaf College
>>>> Northfield, MN
>>>> http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> If nature does not answer first what we want,
>>>> it is better to take what answer we get. 
>>>> 
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>> 
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