Wow, this is annoying. If you've used Firefox, you probably know that from time to time you'll be typing in a regular text box, and typing an apostrophe will bring up the search box. I can't figure out how to make it stop other than click around on junk until it goes away. I can't believe that wasn't fixed in the new version.
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Have you ever posted it as a bug?
I think it's some extension or something. I never ever had this (and I type a lot in FF textboxes ;)), however my wife runs into this every day. We too haven't found what causes this, or what prevents it from happening on my machine.
Can you reproduce it on the same web page all the time? Or does it seem intermittent?
Would be interesting to investigate a little more and then post the details.
I'm with Franz. I can't predict when it will happen. It appears totally random.
This bug has plagues my workstation at work, but I don't remember it ever happening at home. I usually have the two machines on the same version. I do not use any extensions. It is intermittent for me. HOWEVER, I have yet to see the bug rear its head in 2.0.
I ran into the same problem when typing in a textarea earlier, and this helped fix the problem. ' and / will still bring up the find dialog, but it shouldn't happen anymore when you're typing in a textarea/box
open about:config in firefox, and search for find. I changed..
accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar user set integer 0