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when i press shift they grey bar comes up at the bottom of my screen i also can no longer change between multiple windows on one icon or alt tab it just flicker

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when i press shift they grey bar comes up at the bottom of my screen i also can no longer change between multiple windows on one icon or alt tab it just flicker. i had this problem earlier today but fixed it somehow but now it is happening again and very aggravating.

when i press shift they grey bar comes up at the bottom of my screen i also can no longer change between multiple windows on one icon or alt tab it just flicker. i had this problem earlier today but fixed it somehow but now it is happening again and very aggravating.

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Did you try to reboot the computer?

That is always the first to try when the keyboard behaves erratically.

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gammeryu said

when i press shift they grey bar comes up at the bottom of my screen i also can no longer change between multiple windows on one icon or alt tab it just flicker. i had this problem earlier today but fixed it somehow but now it is happening again and very aggravating.

yes several times

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Do you mean the developer toolbar?

Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.

  • Switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window
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yea the developer toolbar is what it is