#Firefox not responding scrolling how to#
#Firefox not responding scrolling update#

So there’s a visible flash.Īnyhoo, here’s the code I’m using, for anybody troubled by the same problem. This is a bit ugly as Firefox still scrolls to the wrong location which remains on screen till the timeout calls the function to scroll to the right location. Code Editor in challenges does not scroll in Firefox.

#Firefox not responding scrolling how to#

The only way I could figure out how to fix the issue was with a delay timer. Scrolling up works (slowly but not as bad as scrolling with mouse) but direction down does not. Usually, this happens when Firefox crashes or freezes and then shows a message that it’s Not Responding or Non-Responsive. However, it still does experience problems even if it is one of the most stable browsers out there. So your function was working and scrolling to the right location, but then being immediately overridden by Firefox completing its hashtag scroll to the wrong location. The Firefox not responding issue is not exclusive to that of the Windows 10 operating system. The reason your fix didn’t work is that Firefox apparently triggers the load even before it scrolls to the hashtag location. This didn’t work for me, but helped me figure out a hack that does work, albeit not beautifully. All three are supported in all the major browsers.įunction is simple and straightforward, as seen below. Workaround takes advantage of the Javascript’s window.onload event handler, location.hash property and scrollIntoView method. Since it can’t locate the anchored element, it scrolls to the middle or to the bottom of the page. Problem occurs because Firefox tries to scroll to the anchored element before the page is even loaded and the element is actually created. Instead it scrolls to the middle or to the bottom of the page, as seen in the screenshot below. Bug is not present in other browsers.Įxample: If you click on link – GetGui DC charging adapter with ammeter New tab opens and Firefox should scroll directly to the element with ID “getgui-current-measuring-adapter”.

If both are on the same page, Firefox scrolls to the correct position. 3.7.4 681 - more robust hybrid system support mouse + touch events aka no drag and scroll 676 - scroll is not working on edge and firefox browsers in touchscreen laptops 677 - typos on navigator.maxTouchPoints Changes - remove outdated self.

#Firefox not responding scrolling update#

Problem only occurs when link is not on the same page as the anchored element. remove() throws an error after update to v. If user clicks inside of the address bar and presses Enter, Firefox then scrolls to the correct position. Instead, it jumps to the middle or to the bottom of the page. If you are experiencing issues with your Mozilla firefox web browser i.e getting Mozilla Firefox Not Responding error while running Mozilla firefox then. When clicking on an internal link, Firefox doesn’t scroll to the position of the anchored / hashtag / # element, during the first page load.