firefox bug? tab key is misbehaving ...

[welshTerrier2]

i usually use my "tab key" to move from one field on a form (in Firefox) to the next ...

my "tab key" no longer skips to the next form field ... when i'm in a form (e.g. moving from the subject line in the DU "post" form down to the post "body") and I press the "tab key", I get a small popup window that's titled: "insert link" ... the popup dialog prompts me for a "target" and for "visible text" ...

this problem is making Firefox virtually unusable on pages with forms ... i've also noticed similar behavior when i press the "enter key" while on a form ... the difference is that the tab key doesn't advance to the next field after i close the popup while the enter key does ...

any ideas? i'm running Firefox version 1.5.0.2 on a Windows XP Pro laptop ...

[charlie]

1. Wikipedia extension?

The toolbar can't be switched on/off whenever the users wants. Furthermore it wrecks the forms. The user can't use the TAB to jump to the next field. This is on every form on every site.

...

Had to disable this extension in 1.5 because every time i press tab a window opens that wants me to enter a Wiki link instead of moving tot he next editable field on the web page

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/351/

When I press either the Tab o the Enter key a dialog box appear named Insert
Link with two text boxes: Target and Visible Text...

...

I encountered the same problem. For me, it turned out to be the
Wikipedia extension.

http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla-firefox/browse_thread/thread/203aca111501cdb9

[welshTerrier2]

2. give that man a cigar !!

it was the wikipedia extension ... i uninstalled it and voila, my tab key is working fine now ...

thanks so much, charlie ...