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Sometimes when typing a "t", Firefox gives me a new unwanted tab.

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Ushindi
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Sometimes if I'm typing and don't hit the "t" quite square on, maybe just a touch of the "r" next to it or something, Firefox immediately switches me to a new tab. Since I need to look at my keyboard while I'm typing I may be typing away for quite a while before I notice I'm no longer on the page where I should be. How do I stop Firefox from thinking I'm trying to use a keyboard shortcut to open up a new tab (it just happened again when I started to type "trying"). I'd rather eliminate all keyboard shortcuts if that is necessary. This is really becoming a pain for me and my fat fingers. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Sometimes if I'm typing and don't hit the "t" quite square on, maybe just a touch of the "r" next to it or something, Firefox immediately switches me to a new tab. Since I need to look at my keyboard while I'm typing I may be typing away for quite a while before I notice I'm no longer on the page where I should be. How do I stop Firefox from thinking I'm trying to use a keyboard shortcut to open up a new tab (it just happened again when I started to type "trying"). I'd rather eliminate all keyboard shortcuts if that is necessary. This is really becoming a pain for me and my fat fingers. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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cor-el
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It is possible that some of the status keys have the wrong state and Firefox sees them as still pressed.

Try to press all the status keys (Shift, Ctrl, Alt) a few times to see if that helps to recover from this. If it doesn't help then close and restart Firefox or reboot the computer.

Ushindi
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Thanks, but that has all been done many times before; this has been going on for a long time. Again, as long as I hit the "t" straight on there is no problem. Unfortunately, my poor old fat fingers don't always hit it square. Any other key doesn't matter - I just get a "sd' or a 'jk" and re-type it, but a miss on "t" and Firefox says "oh, a new tab request". Is it possible to delete keyboard shortcuts in Firefox?