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"virtual control board" and corsor movement

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I have "virtual control board", circle with dot in center and arrows up/down or left/right, it moves slider, clicks on links, highlights text and moves mouse cursor to the left, the comp is checked with all available virus software, nothing detected/. Often cursor moves to the left without that "virtual control board"

I have "virtual control board", circle with dot in center and arrows up/down or left/right, it moves slider, clicks on links, highlights text and moves mouse cursor to the left, the comp is checked with all available virus software, nothing detected/. Often cursor moves to the left without that "virtual control board"

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What is "virtual control board"?

An external application? An add-on for Firefox?

Never heard of that before.

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"virtual control board" - it is a picture, looks like a circle with the dot inside and arrows up an down, sometimes left and right, which resembles a "control board" of a recorder or a TV, etc. It is not an addon, I do not know what it is, I never installed it,

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https://prezi.com/vlssr9gqwqfz/virtual-control-board/ Is that what you are referring to?

If so, how does that relate to Firefox support?

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no, it is not it, it appears in Firefox, if you point the cursor to it, it shows a menu of Firefox.

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and it happens that the mouse cursor moves mostly to the left

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Never seen anything such as that in Firefox. Can you grab a screenshot of it?

And maybe another that shows that "menu of Firefox"?


See this support article. How do I create a screenshot of my problem? It is best to use a compressed image type like PNG or JPG to save the screenshot and make sure that you do not exceed a maximum file size of 1 MB.

Then use the Browse .... button below the Post a Reply text box to upload the screenshot.

You have my curiosity piqued as to what that is.

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Are you talking about the auto-scroll button that opens if the middle-click in a web page?

  • Tools > Options > Advanced > General: Browsing: "Use autoscrolling"
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Probaly it is the autoscrolling button, my mouse is only 2 keys, not 3. I unchecked autoscrolling now (only smooth scroll is left). This virtual button looks very much like cor-el logo, only it is round and it has black circle in the middle and up and down arrows, sometimes left/right ones. But why my cursor can move to the left?

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I am affraid I can not make a screenshot of that virtual button as you move cursor of the mouse (to make the screenshot) it can disappear

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You don't have a Prnt Scrn or prt sc button on your keyboard? Usually to the right of the F12 key on the top row of keys.

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Did you try to disable this feature in Options/Preferences > Advanced if it is currently enabled?

  • Tools > Options > Advanced > General: Browsing: "Use autoscrolling"
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Yes I unchecked autoscrolling after reading cor-el message, and I do not see that virtual button, but still the slider (on the right) may return very fast up after I pull it down, or it can shift to the left-down when I move it in another direction, maybe the mouse pad is dirty but I wash it periodically