Firefox 11.0 Right-Click Dropdown Menu (and Menu Options at Window Top) Flickering - Potential Bug?

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About a week ago my Windows 7 machine starting exhibiting odd Firefox behavior. When I right click on something the drop-down menu flickers and when the mouse is hovering over a field, I can't really see it.

This same behavior happens in other ways too, like in the top File, Edit , View, etc menus. I click them and they flicker, when I hover over them, and then they get obscured when I hover over the one I want.

I did some research and didn't really find anything. Some people found similar behavior in applications THEY were building. But mine is a global problem. Happens on all sites, as far as I can tell. This is why I suspect it's my Firefox installation.

I thought about reinstalling, but if there was another option, I'd like to explore that too.

The behavior is not really capture-able, so I don't have anything except words to describe it.

nicorellius

Posted 2012-03-23T18:58:27.053

Reputation: 5 865

It's hard to say what's going on. You can try searching the Firefox bug list at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/ to see if your problem has been reported. If not, you can report it there. Firefox developers do pay attention to bugs reported, though not every bug will get immediate attention.

– Wayne Johnston – 2012-03-24T19:35:34.710

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This might be the problem you have https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=694904.

– Wayne Johnston – 2012-03-24T19:39:38.137

Answers

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I ended up reinstalling Firefox after an uninstall. lorengphd's solution did not work.

nicorellius

Posted 2012-03-23T18:58:27.053

Reputation: 5 865

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I had the same issue. To fix it I changed a setting:

(Press 'alt' to view top menu then) Tools > Options > Advanced > General (tab).

Turn off "Use hardware acceleration when available".

lorengphd

Posted 2012-03-23T18:58:27.053

Reputation: 121

No problem. Don't forget to mark the answer if it does indeed work for you! – lorengphd – 2012-04-05T21:18:53.467

I tried this but it didn't work. I think it was a bug so the reinstall worked... Thanks anyway, though. – nicorellius – 2012-04-13T16:12:18.013

Asked: 2012-03-23T18:58:27.053

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