Posted on 11/23/2023 2:08:23 AM PST by 4Runner
Most likely it is your computer (or more likely your keyboard, is it wireless?)
Happened to me just last evening, but I was mildly inebriated, for which reason I am hesitant to invoke a third party.
Sounds like a bad keyboard to me.
Try selecting the post box before typing ...
It has to do with where the focus is. If you lose focus on the field, you are typing into nowhere. That can sometimes be caused by malware or an app taking focus away. Run a Malware scan
I think I found your problem... ;-)
I finally got locked out of most of my websites (except FR) for running Windows 7. I can’t imagine XP working with much of anything online now.
After a small level of chaos and adventure I’m on a new laptop running W11. Meh.
Too bad we never learned to touch type.
That’s what I was going to advise. Type it in Word, copy and paste…
Good choice.
I have Note Tab on this Win-7 Pro x64 machine, so I compose of that, COPY it over, in case the browser would lose it or I use a keyboard shortcut CTRL-V to paste to the FR box.
...”I compose ON that,...”
I’ve never seen anything like what you describe. Ever.
Maybe I’m not worth futzing with.
Against stupidity the mods themselves contend in vain.
Then "Review" it to check it out; and if OK, then hit "Post" to send it.
If you did not originally check to see if your typing cursor was blinking in the text entry pane, then if it wasn't you can type all you want without checking, and you will still have an empty pane.
(I've made that mistake many times. There are also other ways to nullify your text, also.)
A lot of excellent suggestions and explanations. Most appreciative, thank you. Though my money is on Malware and/or the Feds. There’s just too much going on now and the fear level is high amongst the illegally elected pols. And this only happens on FR, nowhere else, so it isn’t likely to be my equipment or programming (Windows 10) or even the browser itself, unless it has been enlisted in their cause.
Restart your browser.
Restart your Win10.
Sometimes an external program will ‘capture’ the input. A reboot usually clears that up.
C’mon. This is academic, not a conspiracy.
Try a different device, then figure out what’s wrong with the culprit.
If you find out what your browser/FR posting glitch is — hope you do — pls CC me.
Have you tried turning it off and on again?
“(once I’ve activated the cursor within it)”
Yeah, What is with that!
I can’t tell you how many times that I have typed comments only to look up and see NOTHING!
I forgot to “activate” the cursor within the dialog box!
WHY IS IT NOT *AUTOMATICALLY” ACTIVATED?
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