Can't use replace on some types of browser windows/frames

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Launch URL 1
2. Click edit button to spawn another browser window with URL 2, with an 
editable form.  This window has none of the usual browser controls or menus, 
and I can't add the replace bar with Shift+F2. There's probably an official 
name for this type of browser window, but I don't know one. 
3. I can right click in a form box in URL 2, and select "replace with 
substitution list.." from context menu, but even though I've saved URL 2 with a 
substitution entry, it doesn't do anything in the form.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I want to either be able to get the replace bar on this "headless browser 
frame", or have the F2 function work inside the form on this frame.  Neither 
work.  Note: I can get the Find bar to show up on this frame OK.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
FoxReplace 0.12.2, Firefox 3.6.12, Win7 64bit

Please provide any additional information below.
I notice that on URL 1 I can do the replace and get the non-editable text to 
change, but I can't get it to save.  As soon as I reload the page or open URL 
2, the old text is back.   A really cludgey work around is to replace strings 
in the read only text, then copy the block of text into the editable URL 2 form 
and save it.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by kmcha...@gmail.com on 2 Dec 2010 at 10:14

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I have reproduced the bug and will fix it when I can. Thanks for your report.

Original comment by marc.r...@gmail.com on 3 Dec 2010 at 6:31

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Can you confirm if this still happens? I don't remember how I reproduced it 
last time and now I can't.

Original comment by marc.r...@gmail.com on 16 Aug 2012 at 5:46

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Closing because I don't know how to reproduce it.

Original comment by marc.r...@gmail.com on 12 May 2013 at 10:33

• Changed state: Invalid