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  1. NANA SEY
    Nana Sey Win User

    Why does text keep highlighting and deleting anytime I start typing in the search


    For no reason anytime I start typing in my search bar in my browsers this keeps happening

    :)
     
    Nana Sey, Aug 10, 2024
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  2. ARUL_D
    Arul_D Win User

    No more "Search" on highlighted text?

    Hello,

    Welcome to the Microsoft Community.

    I’m sorry for the inconvenience caused. There is no option to search on the highlighted text in Microsoft Edge. I would suggest you to use Internet Explorer so that you can use the search option on the highlighted text.

    Hope it helps. Feel free to contact us for any further issue on Windows Operating System. We will be happy to help you.
     
    Arul_D, Aug 10, 2024
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  3. JOELSCHOENBERG
    JoelSchoenberg Win User
    No more "Search" on highlighted text?

    In the last few version of Windows you have been able to highlight a bit of text within the browser and right click to see the context menu and choose "Search" to search the internet with that text. In the Desktop versions of the older browsers (Windows
    7 and 8) you would see lots of possible options on that context menu, and in the Modern browser in Windows 8 you would just see "Search".

    With Edge I don't see that. I have to manually Copy, then Paste the text into the address line to search.

    Am I missing something? Has this feature been lost? If so, that's a big backwards step! Many times every day I need to highlight some text on my screen and search for it.
     
    JoelSchoenberg, Aug 10, 2024
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  4. KSSTR
    ksstr Win User

    Why does text keep highlighting and deleting anytime I start typing in the search

    Unable to type text in any of start (search func)

    • As mentioned in title, I was unable to type in the start (press start > press any key to search)
    • Unable to type wifi password too (but can paste) > essentially the wifi passcode textbox that popups up from taskbar
    • I have tried many well-known antiviruses, malwarebytes etc. but none could solve the issue
    • I have also tried powershell scripts to fix but it doesn't work either:
      Why does text keep highlighting and deleting anytime I start typing in the search 138611d1496980426t-unable-type-text-any-start-search-func-image.png
     
    ksstr, Aug 10, 2024
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