Problem solved from kuna236 on Reddit discussion...(see comments) https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/cbnesc/firefox_68_password_field_blinks/ FYI. For just testing, I copied my new firefox.desktop from /usr/local/share/applications to my local Desktop folder, and gave it a new name. Did not do the update-desktop-database yet. (Original firefox.desktop file in /usr/share/applications.) All good! --- details from kuna236--- For anyone else out there trying to modify their |.desktop| file, I copied my |/usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop| to |/usr/local/share/applications/| and prepended |env GTK_IM_MODULE=xim| to the |Exec=| lines. |Exec=env GTK_IM_MODULE=xim firefox %u | Then ran |sudo update-desktop-database|. I struggled for a little while because I forgot to include |env| in my |Exec|, and Firefox stopped showing up in my applications menu. Figured I'd post it here in case anyone else was making the same mistake. -- end details -- "And in the end, only kindness matters." -- Jewel, "Hands" ______ MzK On 10/26/19 3:09 PM, Kay Schenk wrote: > > Apparently, this is a "known" FF issue... > > https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1264837 > > "And in the end, only kindness matters." > -- Jewel, "Hands" > ______ > MzK > > > On 10/24/19 10:19 AM, Kay Schenk wrote: >> I just applied a bunch of updates to my CentOS 7 system yesterday, >> one of which was a Firefox update to 68.0.1esr. >> >> Now when I bring up sites I would log in to -- my bank, credit cards, >> etc., the Password box is wonky and shakes and doesn't display >> successive dots for characters I type, nor does it accept what I >> type. My work around currently is to type the password first, then my >> userid but ???!!!!! Using either a <tab> to get to the Password box >> or just a click in the Password box causes the same results. >> >> Previous Firefox version which worked fine >> --firefox-60.8.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64 >> >> HELP! >>