Copy/Paste doesn't work in Address Bar and Smart Search Field

Yeah, that's true. Say, I copied a sentence from a site. When I try to paste that sentence into 'Smart Search Field' and press 'Enter'. It doesn't work! Same thing happens when I try to paste a URL into Address Bar/Smart Address Field. What's going on? Anyone else having this problem?
PS - In case you're wondering what 'Smart Search Field' is, here's a pic http://images.apple.com/safari/images/features-search-smartsearch-20090528.jpg

Yes, I've got that too. It's not clear why it hits some people and not others. Haven't seen any commonalities among the reports that I can tell at the moment.
Some workarounds discussed in this thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2564687&tstart=0

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Are you able to copy and paste in the putty session, with mouse or keyboard?
Using PuTTY
http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/0.52/htmldoc/Chapter3.html
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I am trying to resize the the lengths of the address bar and the search bar. I could before using a "line" between them to drag to resize. But this is now not s

I am trying to resize the the lengths of the address bar and the search bar. I could before using a "line" between them to drag to resize. But this is now not showing. Any ideas?

There is a simple way to try and fix the Issue.
Try '''Resetting '''Your Toolbar to Default and Resize.
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After inputting a site address in the address bar, either through typing or from the history/autocomplete, pressing enter does not send me to the page, and I have to manually click the go button on the right.
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That issue can be caused by the AVG Safe Search extension.
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*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode

FF 5.0 immediately disabled all my bookmarks, my address bar, and my search bar.

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Within two hours of originally installing FF 5.0, i noticed that my bookmarks had stopped working (both in the bar, and in the list) – even with a right-click 'open in a new window' command. Then i realized that my address bar had stopped working also, as well as the search bar adjacent to it.
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This version of 5.0 was refusing to be deleted however; even after a reboot, and then an option + delete. This version forced me to open up the package contents and delete the items in there in groups, until the FF 5.0 icon would permit the trash to be emptied with it being present. (And yes, I changed its permissions to permit deletion by anyone; so that issue should never have occurred either.)

A possible cause is a problem with the file places.sqlite that stores the bookmarks and the history.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bookmarks_history_and_toolbar_buttons_not_working_-_Firefox

Copy & Paste Doesn't Work

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http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/0.52/htmldoc/Chapter3.html
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I used to write e.g. "onet" in the address bar and firefox opened page "onet.pl". After reinstalling Windows it only moves me to Google. How can I change it?

Thank you in advance!

Firefox's address bar ("location bar") has an "autofill" feature based on your history. Once you've visited onet.pl the next time you type onet Firefox should suggest that location by pre-filling it in on the address bar. Is that not working? Does it work for .com sites or not for any sites?
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Thanks dmcritchie,
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Hi there,
I use numerous username/password combinations to log onto an ftp site in the following form:
ftp://fairlyShortUsername:[email protected]
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Using this method allows me to log straight in because username and password are stored right inside the url.
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Thanks...that was one of the things I first tried. I did a save as another document.
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Apple engineers do not participate here. Have you updated to iOS 8.1 which was just release yesterday? Have you done any other troubleshooting? If you haven't start here.
Go to Settings>Safari>Clear History and Website Data
Now close all apps. In order to close apps, you have to drag the app up from the multitasking display. Double tap the home button and you will see apps lined up going left to right across the screen. Swipe to get to the app that you want to close and then swipe "up" on the app preview thumbnail to close it.
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If all of that fails, restore the iOS software. Backup your iPad before you restore, then restore the backup when you are done. If that still doesn't help, restore your iPad as new and start all over again. Most purchased content can be downloaded again at no charge as long as you use the same Apple ID and as long as the content is still available in the store.
Restore iPad to Factory Settings
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1414
Download Past Purchases
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Copy & Paste problem stops working

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I have recently re-installed "MacOSXUpdCombo10.4.11Intel.dmg" to see if that made any difference, and everything seemed to be working great for about 5 days, then the same issue started again. If I shut down and re-start my Mac, it seems to offer a temporary solution to the issue.
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*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bookmarks_history_and_toolbar_buttons_not_working_-_Firefox
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Bookmarks+not+saved#w_fix-the-bookmarks-file
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I work for MindBody Inc. and a client of ours brought to my attention that paste simply doesn't paste on our site. This is quite annoying for them, and in trying to find a fix, I discovered that a fairly moderate bug in Safari on the IPad. Paste just simply doesn't work in frames.
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Same problem with Atomic Web Browser on the websites using frames.
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