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how to stop page down key from opening the console?

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timk53
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when I press the page down key it opens the console debugger, plus the home and end keys do not function. I am running windows 10 on a brand new MS Surface pro 3

I have disabled all add ons but the problem still exists.

when I press the page down key it opens the console debugger, plus the home and end keys do not function. I am running windows 10 on a brand new MS Surface pro 3 I have disabled all add ons but the problem still exists.

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You may have switched on caret browsing.

You can toggle caret browsing off/on by pressing F7 (Mac: fn + F7).

  • Tools > Options > Advanced > General > Accessibility: [ ] "Always use the cursor keys to navigate within pages"

Note that this is an accessibility feature of Firefox.

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

  • Switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox menu button/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window
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Rubin Bhandari
Rubin Bhandari
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Hi,

You can change Firefox keyboard shortcuts by downloading this addon: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/customizable-shortcuts/

Hope this helps!

cor-el
cor-el
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Chosen Solution

You may have switched on caret browsing.

You can toggle caret browsing off/on by pressing F7 (Mac: fn + F7).

  • Tools > Options > Advanced > General > Accessibility: [ ] "Always use the cursor keys to navigate within pages"

Note that this is an accessibility feature of Firefox.

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

  • Switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox menu button/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window