08-24-2008, 09:47 PM
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Franchise Player
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Keyboard is messed up in Firefox
Hey gang. Weird problem here...my keyboard is messed up when using firefox. It`s like firefox thinks its a european or some other keyboard. The letters all work fine, but the symbols are all wrong. For example
question mark: É
Front slash: é
Left square bracket: pressing once does nothing, but pressing twice makes ^^
Right square bracket: pressing once does nothing, but pressing twice makes ¸¸
At symbol: "
Money sign: $ (ooo, that one works...so do the round brackets I guess)
That wavy line beside the number one: |
Backslash: <
And on, and on, and on...
Anyone ever seen thisÉ (grrr, stupid no question mark). It`s only doing this in firefox. Everything is fine in IE, notepad, etc.
Thanks everyone.
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08-24-2008, 09:59 PM
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08-25-2008, 06:20 AM
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This is not the first time, nor the last time this question has been asked on these forums.
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08-25-2008, 08:02 AM
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Are you sure this is just in Firefox? This sounds more like the language input issue in Vista. If you find it happens in other programs, use <ctrl>+<shift> to switch the keyboard input until the symbols are properly aligned.
There is a way to turn it off completely. I think it's under Language settings or whatever the Vista equivalent is for that. I've heard this is also an issue for some XP users, especially if they didn't pick the US Keyboard as their default.
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08-25-2008, 11:49 AM
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Such a pretty girl!
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Calgary
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It's not firefox... it's the shortcut used in windows to change the language. I was stuck with this problem for a few days. Damn vista.
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08-25-2008, 12:08 PM
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What a stupid shortcut! It doesn't even give you notice that you've just changed the language. Ctrl and shift are far too close together.
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Originally Posted by Rathji
This is not the first time, nor the last time this question has been asked on these forums.
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See the following:
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Originally Posted by Frequitude
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Last edited by Frequitude; 09-01-2008 at 01:45 PM.
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08-25-2008, 12:13 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BlackArcher101
It's not firefox... it's the shortcut used in windows to change the language. I was stuck with this problem for a few days. Damn vista.
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I once had to hand in an entire financial report in Danish, I had no idea WTF was going on, but assumed that thems the breaks and I'd better learn Danish or I'm not going to make it in this world.
My boss was fataing pissed.
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08-25-2008, 03:40 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locke
I once had to hand in an entire financial report in Danish, I had no idea WTF was going on, but assumed that thems the breaks and I'd better learn Danish or I'm not going to make it in this world.
My boss was fataing pissed.
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Danish is the new Mandarin.
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08-28-2008, 09:26 PM
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One of the Nine
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Iè è è èèèèèèèè
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08-28-2008, 09:27 PM
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One of the Nine
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Ièm playing with the alt button to no avail. (brackets work) É question mark does not.
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08-28-2008, 09:55 PM
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One of the Nine
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I'm happy that ctrl, shift worked. ?? Woo hoo!! I'm, she'll, it'll, and so on.
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08-28-2008, 09:56 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Oct 2005
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 4X4
I'm happy that ctrl, shift worked. ?? Woo hoo!! I'm, she'll, it'll, and so on.
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Hooray! Should this thread be Sticky-ed? ......
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08-28-2008, 09:59 PM
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One of the Nine
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Originally Posted by OBCT
Hooray! Should this thread be Sticky-ed? ......
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Yeah. It should be stickied to Bill Gates' forehead. Stupid vista.
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08-29-2008, 01:42 AM
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Not a casual user
Join Date: Mar 2006
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 4X4
I'm happy that ctrl, shift worked. ?? Iè è è èèèèèèèè
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08-29-2008, 01:49 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 4X4
I'm happy that ctrl, shift worked. ?? Woo hoo!! I'm, she'll, it'll, and so on.
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You're welcome.
(although I only told you where to find the thread not how to solve the problem )
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08-29-2008, 07:16 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Vancouver
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this has happened to me about 3 times but it always went away. never knew what turned it on or off.
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08-29-2008, 09:41 AM
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Franchise Player
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My keyboard switches to French every few days. I change it back and a few days later it changes back to French again. I have Vista. Can I change it so this doesn't happen again?
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08-29-2008, 11:13 AM
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Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MoneyGuy
My keyboard switches to French every few days. I change it back and a few days later it changes back to French again. I have Vista. Can I change it so this doesn't happen again?
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Threaten to go to war with it and it will surrender.
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09-16-2008, 09:52 PM
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One of the Nine
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éééééééééééé
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09-16-2008, 09:54 PM
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One of the Nine
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jesus christ I cant fix it
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