Cannot type in the address or search bar .. even in safe mode

I have been using Firefox for years so I am not new at this. I have already tried in safe mode .. same problem .. so that tells me that it is not an add-on / plugin issue. I have not installed any new ones anyway in awhile.
The only thing I can think of is while playing the game DC Universe Online I might have hit a combination of keys and I was checking out what skills would be good on the website and then tabbing back into game. But what combination of keys would prevent you from typing in the search bar or address bar?
I am able to paste into the bar and search that way but if I am going to type and copy from another browser .. I might as well just use that other browser.

After much searching I found the answer here:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/947513
"Some have reported that pressing F9+Windows Key one or more times has worked to fix issues with the typing in Firefox bar not working."

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