Paste In Firefox Runs Words Together?

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by Claymation, Nov 4, 2009.

  1. #1
    Anyone else have an issue with pasting in the Firefox browser where occasionally words run together likethis?
    It is maddening!
    Any solutions?

    It simply started happening recently.
     
    Claymation, Nov 4, 2009 IP
  2. drhowarddrfine

    drhowarddrfine Peon

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    #2
    Never saw that problem before. In fact, I'd say you are the only one with the problem.
     
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    forextrendalerts Guest

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    #3
    It turns out there are two different 'bugs' in Firefox;

    The first (and real) bug is that Firefox would *randomly* stop copying, and restarting the program would temporarily help. This bug occurs on all Operating Systems and in all Mozilla products.
    The second issue is not a bug, rather it is caused by malware on your machine, only affects Windows computers, and results in a complete and indiscriminating inablity to copy in Firefox. This is not a Firefox bug, but a symptom of an infected PC
     
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  4. Claymation

    Claymation Peon

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    #4
    Wow.
    Thanks for the info.

    I CAN paste, but many words tend to "runtogether" within the document.
     
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  5. Pwnography

    Pwnography Member

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    #5
    about:config

    Paste that for your URL in firefox.

    In there is an option for paste cache, turn off the cool little program that 'spell' checks what you push into your clipboard.
     
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  6. Claymation

    Claymation Peon

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    #6
    Only options there:

    "Paste"
    editor.singleLine.pasteNewlines;2
    middlemouse.paste;false

    "Spell"
    extensions.spellcheck.inline.max-misspellings;500
    layout.spellcheckDefault;1
    spellchecker.dictionary;en-US
     
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  7. Pwnography

    Pwnography Member

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    Which version of FireFox are you using
     
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  8. Claymation

    Claymation Peon

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    The latest....
     
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  9. Pwnography

    Pwnography Member

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    #9
    the 3.x versions of FireFox has a bug when you copy multiple lines

    like if a paragraph
    was like this
    it will make the paste
    look like this

    like if a paragraphwas like thisit will make the pastelook like this...

    is that waht your referring to
     
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  10. Claymation

    Claymation Peon

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    #10
    Standard sentence structure- like a news article online.
    It most often happens when posting to message boards, but only in Firefox, not IE.

    Let me try an example here:

    In 50 years, when they look back at this moment, they will talk about the war against terror, they will talk about the Internet, and they will talk about what we did or didn't do in Africa, about this continent bursting into flames. It is the most extraordinary thing to watch people dying three in a bed, two on top and one underneath, as I have seen in Malawi. It's an astonishing thing and it is an avoidable catastrophe.
    In 50 years, when they look back at this moment, they will talk about the war against terror, they will talk about the Internet, and they will talk about what we did or didn't do in Africa, about this continent bursting into flames. It is the most extraordinary thing to watch people dying three in a bed, two on top and one underneath, as I have seen in Malawi. It's an astonishing thing and it is an avoidable catastrophe.
    In 50 years, when they look back at this moment, they will talk about the war against terror, they will talk about the Internet, and they will talk about what we did or didn't do in Africa, about this continent bursting into flames. It is the most extraordinary thing to watch people dying three in a bed, two on top and one underneath, as I have seen in Malawi. It's an astonishing thing and it is an avoidable catastrophe.

    I pasted the same paragraph 3 times, and it didn't replicate.
    Might be an issue pasting in Invision boards, as that's where it seems to happen most.....
     
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