Forum:Firefox edit problems

I and some of my Firefox-using compatriots find ourselves unable to enter text in the edit windows, though we can edit source directly without a problem. The standard blinking cursor appears, but no results whatsoever from typing.

This didn't happen at first; I was able to set up and edit several pages over the last few days without a problem, but all of a sudden, nada. Any idea what's going on? Is there a fix? thanks, --Rifflesby 01:35, June 24, 2010 (UTC)


 * Please link to the wikia that are showing this problem. Are you using the Rich Text Editor or the vanilla wikicode editor? I use FireFox on both Mac OS X 10.5.8 and WinXP and have had no problems, but I never use the RTE except for testing. -- Fandyllic  (talk &middot; contr) 8:17 PM PST 23 Jun 2010


 * This very forum would be an example -- I had to hit the 'Source' button to type this. I'm not sure what the distinction is between the "Rich Text Editor" and vanilla wikicode; I'm new here. It's the default one you get when hitting the Edit button, I haven't altered any settings in that regard. --Rifflesby 08:15, June 24, 2010 (UTC)


 * Source mode as you call it is the vanilla wikicode. The Rich Text Editor is the edit window most new users have. It is very buggy though I find, which is why I use the normal, non RTE editor. 09:11, June 24, 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm having the same problem and I use Firefox. I really like the other editor because you can see the images and it's a ton easier to use. It also happened all of the sudden to me too. Since November it was working fine, and then POOF! Can't type anything. Bwog 12:46, June 24, 2010 (UTC)
 * Like I said, the RTE is very buggy. It has too many errors in it. 12:50, June 24, 2010 (UTC)

Well, if the RTE is too buggy, maybe you might want to suggest turning it off with your wiki, in other words, disabling RTE. Just discuss it with the wiki and Wikia Staff will turn it off for you.


 * Please use Special:Contact to report your problem first before asking Wikia to turn the RTE off. -- Fandyllic  (talk &middot; contr) 8:39 AM PST 24 Jun 2010


 * We're looking into why it seems to be happening so much to me now, but I'll go on the record as saying I've always had an issue with FF where the cursor disappears on any site I'm working on (Wikia, Facebook page, Twitter page, etc., etc.,) --daNASCAT (Help Forum) (blog) 16:20, June 24, 2010 (UTC)
 * I also have disappearance issues, they go away after I toggle WikEd on and off. Random Time  17:16, June 24, 2010 (UTC)