Error in Error: autoCompleter.js

[halcyon1234]

FF20, FB 1.11.4

Open console, type anything, get this (in FF error list, not console)
Error:
TypeError: this.textBox is null 
Source File: chrome://firebug/content/console/autoCompleter.js  Line: 152

Any other information I can provide?

[Jan Honza Odvarko]

> Any other information I can provide?

yep, please describe what exactly should we do to see the problem on our machines.

Honza

[Jan Honza Odvarko]

Ah, and also, try Firefox 23 and Firebug 1.12.0
the problem might be fixed in the latest version

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/firebug/

Honza

[halcyon1234]

Install FF22, and FB 1.11.4, press F12, focus the Console command line and type a single character.  Instant error.

I can't install FF23-- dev shop is currently developing against 22.  :|

Troubleshooting info from Help -> Troubleshooting:


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[Simon Lindholm]

It's most likely an extension conflict. Can you see if disabling some of the relevant extensions (e.g., FireQuery, MemoryBug) has an effect?

[halcyon1234]

I ended up removing FireQuery, then removing FireBug.  Then I reinstalled.  It's working now. Thanks for the help.

(Sidenote: MemoryBug was disabled, but I removed it anyways)

[Jammm]

I think i might have found the actual cause of your issue. It seems theres a clash between the FB Purity browser extension and Firebug.

The FB Purity browser extension is a compiled Greasemonkey script, and the compiler used to create it is called "Scriptify". It seems Scriptify is somehow introducing the code that is causing the conflict. Though i guess it could also possibly be a problem with Firebug i guess.

There are 2 solutions at present:

1) use the GM script version of FBP instead of the FF add-on version. You can get it from the Firefox section of the FBP install page at http://install.fbpurity.com

2) You can bring back the autocomplete functionality of Firebugs command line by adding the following Firebug helper addon

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/firebug-autocompleter/

the advantage of this add-on is that it brings auto-complete to the multi line editor in firebug, as the normal firebug install doesnt have command line completion in the multi line editor.