Bill Spikowski wrote:
Does anyone else have the problem where they're typing something into a
web form in SM and suddenly the "find box" pops open and the cursor is
entering my text there, instead of in the web form?
This has been happening quite a lot and I kept assuming I was hitting
some odd key combination that replicated 'control F' -- but today I've
been paying attention and it's been happening randomly, even when I'm
sure I'm not hitting any odd key combination, or any specific key.
If this is happening only to me, I'd better investigate my keyboard!
A couple of thoughts...
1. Is this a general problem, or does it only happen one or a few
particular sites? It may be that the page is still loading when you
start typing, and when it finishes loading, it runs some Javascript
which affects the keyboard focus, so you're no longer typing in the text
box.
2. Are you using a laptop with a touchpad? It's possible that your wrist
taps the touchpad, causing a mouse click outside of the box you're
filling in, thus removing keyboard focus from it. If possible, try
disabling the tap-to-click feature or adjusting its sensitivity (in
Windows, there's probably an option somewhere under Control Panel >
Mouse, though the exact place varies with manufacturer and Windows version).
In both cases, having positioned the keyboard focus outside of the text
box, continuing to type activates the "find as you type" feature (as
others have mentioned). It can be disabled at Edit > Preferences >
Advanced > Find As You Type, but you'll probably find that the keyboard
focus still keeps leaving the text box, and just doesn't activate the
find box having done so.
Mark.
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