I can't delete or type over highlighted text

I used to be able to open Safari, highlight the URL show and either press "delete" to erase the existing URL or simply highlight and type over the
highlighted URL. Now for some reason I can't do that anymore, I have put the cursor on the URL bar and manually delete letter by letter in order to
clean the URL address. What do I do to fix this??

Works for me. What version of Safari? Mac Pro? or MacBook Pro? What version of the OS are you running?

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