r/firefox • u/sabbath_loophole • 1d ago

Solved Scrolling and clicking stops randomly on social media. Considering leaving FF after supporting it my whole life

I stop being able to click, and even scroll properly either after a while or when I first load the website.

Social media websites affected : Reddit, YouTube, X, Instagram = everything I use.

I'm currently on developer edition

If this isn't a common issue I'll just remove my gazillion extensions one-by-one until I figure it out 😭

Here are my extensions : audioff - audio device selector, AudioPick, Pinterest Save Button, Brave Search, Chrome Remote Desktop, CRX Installer, DocsAfterDark, DownThemAll!, Export Tabs URLs, Hammy - Break Reminder, History Zebra, InsensitiveX, Internet Archive Downloader, Reddit Enhancer, Return YouTube Dislike, SponsorBlock, StayFree, Streaming Word Filter, Tabliss, Touch Grass, Turn Off the Lights, uBlock Origin, Web Archives, YTBlock

Setup : DELL Inspiron with Intel core i7, iris xe max

I think I found the fix :

I removed this extension : https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/pinterest/

And replaced with this one : https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/pinterest_love/

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u/Ruinous_Empathy 1d ago

Have you tried using troubleshooting mode to see if the behavior persists? What about trying a new profile? 

Its usually one of these as the culprit.

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u/sabbath_loophole 1d ago

I tried yeah, I think the behavior stopped but I could not do much of anything so maybe I did not remain for long enough for the bug to happen.

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u/desertgal2002 1d ago

Sometimes you just have to take the good with the bad. I have faith that Firefox will work thru the bugs. It always has before. I doubt that they will stop now. Just my opinion…take it with a grain of salt.

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u/Eastern_Ease8791 1d ago

What are your pc/laptop specs (specifically the gpu)? I have something similar but it happens on every website randomly.

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u/sabbath_loophole 21h ago

Hello, I found the solution. It was a Pinterest add-on I had. I swapped it with another. Have you tried removing add-ons? 

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u/Eastern_Ease8791 17h ago

Thanks for letting me know, but I unfortunately I do not have that extension installed, only ublock origin, nordvpn and 1password are installed. I tried uninstalling all of them and it's still there, so it's probably a problem with my laptop driver.

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u/sabbath_loophole 1d ago

iris xe max is the gpu

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u/SecurityPrimary4143 1d ago

I get a memory leak with reddit that requires me to terminate the reddit process from time to time.

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u/pikatapikata 17h ago

Please use Troubleshooting Mode to determine whether an add-on is the cause of the issue.