little white rectangle shown on my screen

[amythepoet]

HI,

I am on a Mac and am seeing a strange little white recentagle appear from time to time under the space where you put in the url.

I do not know how to get rid of it and do not know what it is.

Any clues?

Thanks

[netchicken1]

Has someone been trying to twink out an url instead of using the Del key?

[amythepoet]

I don't understand the question.

[travelin cat]

Amy, what browser are you using?

Is it always in the same spot...even if you move the browser around on the screen?

What OS?

Which monitor and computer?

[The_Hat]

This wouldn't be the address drop down history list would it?

[amythepoet]

HI, I am on a Mac and I use firefox and safari, it happens with both of them, even with my mail program and yes in the same place every time

it's just a little white rectangle, which appears right under where you put in the url

[amythepoet]

Oh the monitor I have is pretty new, it's the 20 inch gorgeous apple monitor

all white, very nice :)

[pageoneresults]

Hmmm, do Mac users have toolbars and such? If so, is it possible you are seeing a "ghost" of one of those toolbars? Maybe go through the process of elimination and deselect items that are shown and see which one it is that controls that little white rectangle.

[timster]

Does this happen when you start to type in an URL, a white rectangle pops up? If it's working properly, it should have suggestions of possible websites have been to in the past.

If it's showing up blank...not sure what that would mean. Anyone?

In not that...(Dusting off Mac support guy cap...)

Have you tried...
- logging out and back in
- restarting the machine
- changing the screen resolution (does this change where the rectangle appear)
- creating a new user account and seeing if it happens there
- connecting the monitor to a different Mac, if possible
?

[amythepoet]

well, we will try those suggestions thank you

Now, Im nursing a root canal so am not doing so hot, but I will keep you posted tomorrow when all will be a.o.k. with my tooth

[travelin cat]

Amy, can you make a screen shot of this and post it somewhere?

[amythepoet]

Oh sure I can do that, I don't see the little white rectangle now but when it comes back, I will take a screen shot and send it to you

thank you

[amythepoet]

I am still seeing the little white rectangle this morning and it appears that there are a few rectangles behind it, it's the same place as before.

Any ideas?

[solly]

Did you get a screenshot? Is it still there? If not, what did you do to make it go away? You say "little"...how big is little?...does it span the entire width of the URL address bar? Is it solid white or translucent?

I can't think of what it could be...at least until I know a bit more...

[oodlum]

Are they pixel-sized rectangles? We call this the "dancing pixels" syndrome. I used to get them all the time on my 30", but less frequently now. They'll disappear if you change your screen resolution, then change it back again.

[techrealm]

When I have an account issue in Mail or DNS / connectivity issue with my ISP my OS 10.4.8 Desktop and laptop both give me a white triangle on top of a blue circle with an! in the middle in the location you mentioned.

[Dolazy]

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System: The following message was spliced on to this thread from: http://www.webmasterworld.com/macintosh_webmaster/3235615.htm [webmasterworld.com] by encyclo - 9:28 am on Jan. 29, 2007 (utc -5)

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I write this post as a reply to the now closed thread "little white rectangle shown on my screen" (http://www.webmasterworld.com/macintosh_webmaster/3174404.htm).

The little white rectangle is a leftover from a tooltip that is not "cleaned up" properly. I solved the problem by simply disabling tooltips in Firefox.

Hoping to help,

Francis