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SHIFT KEY ACTING LIKE THE BACK BUTTON

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Angelina1204
Angelina1204
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On any website through Firefox the shift key acts like the back button. When using Chrome this does not happen. This just started yesterday 8/21/2014, I rarely use Firefox, just for school, so I have not added any add-ons. Please advise, and thank you for your time :) BTW I had to use Chrome to send this, when I was setting up my account I could not use the shift key for my email address.

On any website through Firefox the shift key acts like the back button. When using Chrome this does not happen. This just started yesterday 8/21/2014, I rarely use Firefox, just for school, so I have not added any add-ons. Please advise, and thank you for your time :) BTW I had to use Chrome to send this, when I was setting up my account I could not use the shift key for my email address.

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hello Angelina1204, in the past we have had similar reports by other users with a defective mouse (or mousepad), since shift+scrolling is a shortcut to go back/forward in the history in firefox.

to circumvent that, please try the following: enter about:config into the firefox address bar (confirm the info message in case it shows up) & search for the preference named mousewheel.with_shift.action. double-click it and change its value to 0.

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philipp
philipp
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Ɖɔɖɔɖo si wotia

hello Angelina1204, in the past we have had similar reports by other users with a defective mouse (or mousepad), since shift+scrolling is a shortcut to go back/forward in the history in firefox.

to circumvent that, please try the following: enter about:config into the firefox address bar (confirm the info message in case it shows up) & search for the preference named mousewheel.with_shift.action. double-click it and change its value to 0.

Angelina1204
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But why did this just happen all of the sudden?

philipp
philipp
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again, it's probably a hardware issue - maybe one of the sensors is suffering from wear and tear