If you are using this Discourse site with Firefox for Android, please tell if you are affected by the following bug:
When keyboard pops up (docked, not floating), the whole screen gets covered by a blank surface, hiding everything.
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When editing post, creating post or searching Discourse. When the keyboard opens. The whole screen goes blank. On all Discourse forums I tried. Is it the same for you? Android 9 Firefox 142 (brand new) I have made an MP4 screen capture:
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opened 04:41PM - 26 Aug 25 UTC
closed 01:36PM - 12 Sep 25 UTC
browser-firefox-mobile
engine-gecko
**URL**: https://meta.discourse.org
**Browser / Version**: Firefox Mobile 142.0…
**Operating System**: Android 9
**Tested Another Browser**: Yes Chrome
**Problem type**: Site is not usable
**Description**: Unable to type
**Steps to Reproduce**:
As explained in my post https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-t-type-with-firefox-for-android-version-142/380089?u=jesus2099
(With videos)
On any Discourse based forum,
https://meta.discourse.org
https://community.metabrainz.org
https://try.discourse.org
etc.
When I want to write or edit a post or when I want to search,
At the time when the keyboard pops up :
A top blank horizontal bar appears and the bottom menu fills the screen with blank bottom padding, making the page hidden.
The top bar remains until I kill Firefox.
**Easy reproduce**
- Smartphone
- Android 9
- Firefox 142 and 142.0.1
- Gboard and SwiftKey
1. https://try.discourse.org/search
2. Click the address bar: **permanent top horizontal blank bar**
3. Back
4. Click the search field: **bottom menu bar gets huge bottom blank padding, covering the screen, same height as the keyboard** (if the keyboard is floating, you don’t get this second part of the bug).
I made the capture from https://community.metabrainz.org/search with its dark theme while Android is on day time, for contrasted colours easier bug spotting:
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/ac033315-9681-49c0-81c2-86fca3ad7f83
- 00:22 – **permanent top horizontal blank bar** bug for the whole Firefox session (all tabs)
- 00:30 – **bottom menu bar gets huge bottom blank padding, covering the screen, same height as the keyboard** bug (if the keyboard is floating, you don’t get
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Not happening for me with Firefox 142.0.1 on Android 14.
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I’ve just updated to 142.0.1 and still same bug for me (Android 9).
I gave it a shot on Fennec, Firefox Nightly and stock Firefox for Android - all seemed to behave properly with no white splash when using either SwiftKey or the stock keyboard on Android 15.
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I forgot to say it’s the same for me, whether I use Gboard or SwiftKey keyboard.
According to positive reports, it seems to be the combination of Firefox 142+ with Android 9 and Android 10 .
Android 11, 12 and 13, not tested.
No bug with Android 14 and 15.
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