Random wrong characters appear when typing in Firefox--why?

While typing in Firefox, random wrong characters appear (e.g. I type "i" and "n" appears). If I go back and retype it, the same wrong character may appear two or three times, then the correct character appears. This happens while using gmail, but also, for example, when entering search terms into Yahoo. It does not happen while using other browsers such as Chrome, and it does not happen using other applications.

the wrong type characters kept appearing--I
would type the letter i and a 5 would appear instead.
This would indicate you have activated the feature which turns the right side of the keyboard into a numerical keypad. It might be Fn-F6 that controls this -- sorry I don't have a notebook and am not sure exactly how this works.

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Wrong characters appear when typing on this discussion page

I was using safari on a power book (G4, processor 1.67 ghz, tiger 10.4.7) earlier today to try to download (unsuccessfully) some game demos, Myst IV and Myst V from macgames. Safari was terribly slow. It also crashed frequently and when I got on this discussion page to ask about this, as I was typing my concerns, the wrong type characters kept appearing--I would type the letter i and a 5 would appear instead. When I tried to use the delete button to erase the 5 the it wouldn't move.
I then got out of Safari and int word to see if I would get wrong characters in a document. The same thing happened. I kept getting a combination of letters and numbers in the document I was typing. I then shut down the power book and turned it back on without being online. I was able to type in word without getting the mixture of numbers and letters.
I guess I shouldn't use the power book to get on the internet. I know macs aren't supposed to get viruses, but could the problems safari is having be a virus or some other destructive thing? or perhaps my powerbook has a virus? I was planning to upgrade the imac's 10.1.5 to Panther and use safari as explorer doesn't work well with some websites and safari was reccommended. Perhaps I should stick with explorer 5.2
I have updated to 10.4.7. recently. Is there a safari update I need? I don't remember any of this happening before the update, however I rarely use the powerbook to get on the internet, so it could have been happening before the update to 10.4.7. Also since there is something wrong with safari, is there a different browser I could use with the power book? the imac has explorer 5.2. What about an anti virus program for the power book? Any suggestions or recommendations on how to deal with these problems would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Edith

the wrong type characters kept appearing--I
would type the letter i and a 5 would appear instead.
This would indicate you have activated the feature which turns the right side of the keyboard into a numerical keypad. It might be Fn-F6 that controls this -- sorry I don't have a notebook and am not sure exactly how this works.

Satellite C50-A-1CK double characters appear when typing

All
I have a brand new Satellite C50-A-1CK which is perfect for my needs EXCEPT I continually get double characters appearing on screen when typing which is:
A. VERY frustrating
B. Wasting a lot of time as I have to keep correcting words to remove the duplicate characters.
Please does anyone know of a fix for this? It can affect any key on the keyboard and it doesn't matter if I type slow or quick, press the keys firmly or as light as possible.
Have checked for firmware updates but none available.
Thanks in advance!

The Touchpad issue you have I mayy be able to help with....
It sounds like you have the "Enable Edge Swipes" set on. This will bring up Windows 8 menu on the right hand side of the screen when ever you swipe from the right hand side of the keypad towards the middle.
Yours is a different model to mine but assuming the setting is in the same place then:
open Control Panel
Open Hardware and Sound
Under Devices and printers click "Mouse"
In the "mouse properties" window click on Device Settings
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Certain web forms have formatting options like those found in Microsoft Word. They don't appear when I use Firefox, but do with IE of course. Is there a way to get it to display?

Certain web forms have formatting options like those found in Microsoft Word. They don't appear when I use Firefox, but do with IE of course. Is there a way to get it to display?

That formatting feature for text areas is known as Rich Text editing. Easy to enable on the web page with one line of code to tap into the Midas package that Mozilla uses, but the users can't enable it themselves from within Firefox.
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Rich_text_editing
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Can I make a special character appear when typing?

Hi everybody.
I have a form with a text field provided with a validation script, which allows the user only to enter values in the format 999999-9999. The script is places on the exit event.
var myRegex = /\d{6}\-\d{4}/;
var
singleDigits = [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9];
If the format is not correct, the user will get an error-message.
Now I would like the hyphen to appear automatically when typing. That means when the user has typed 123456 it will display as 123456-, ready to enter the last four characters.
Is that possible.
Kirstine
P.S. I know I can make that (almost) happen if I make the field a numeric field, but for several reasons this is not an option.

Here is a little script that can do what you are looking for..
Place the script in the Change event of the Text Field and set the Max chars property to 11 for the Text Field.
// restrict entry to digits and a dash
if (xfa.event.change.match(/[0-9\-]/) == null)
    xfa.event.change = "";
// Allow the hyphen at the 7th character only
if (xfa.event.change == "-" && xfa.event.selEnd != 6)
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// If the 7th character is a digit, and they're typing at the end, insert the hyphen
if (xfa.event.change.match(/[0-9]/) != null &&
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    xfa.event.selEnd == 6)
    xfa.event.change = "-" + xfa.event.change;
// don't allow any characters past 10 (11 with a hyphen)
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Thanks
Srini

Can I make a special character appear when typing? (Part 2)

Hi there
I am now working on an extended version of the issue describes in this thread: http://forums.adobe.com/message/3147856#3147856
The new field should hold digits in the format 9999-99999-99999-99, and I would like the hyphens to appear automatically when typing. I tried to modify the script I used before, but I can't get it to work properly. Can someone tell me, what I'm doing wrong?
My modified script looks this way:
if (xfa.event.change.match(/[0-9\-]/) == null)
    xfa.event.change = "";
if (xfa.event.change == "-" && xfa.event.selEnd != 4)
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if (xfa.event.change.match(/[0-9]/) != null &&
    xfa.event.newText.length == 5 &&
    xfa.event.selEnd == 4)
if (xfa.event.change == "-" && xfa.event.selEnd != 10)
    xfa.event.change = "";
if (xfa.event.change.match(/[0-9]/) != null &&
    xfa.event.newText.length == 11 &&
    xfa.event.selEnd == 10)
if (xfa.event.change == "-" && xfa.event.selEnd != 16)
    xfa.event.change = "";
if (xfa.event.change.match(/[0-9]/) != null &&
    xfa.event.newText.length == 17 &&
    xfa.event.selEnd == 16)
    xfa.event.change = "-" + xfa.event.change; }
    var vMax = 16; if (xfa.event.newText.indexOf("-") != -3)
    vMax = 19;
But it only makes the hyphen at 17th character appear automatically.
I hope to hear from you.
Kirstine

I found the answer here:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/2766333#2766333

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When the add-ons are updated, a webpage appears stating that the update was successful. In the past I would exit the tab and this notice would not appear again. However, these pages appear to be persisting when I close Firefox down and then reopen immediately and later. I have tried deleting all history and cookies, and resetting the home page multiple times, but none of these have done the trick. The version of Firefox I'm using is the latest version (7.0.1). I use Win 7 (64-bit).
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