my pointer sometimes goes into a upright line and cannot open anything to read
restore to pointer to open articles sometimes its is an upright with bar across top and bottom
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Hi, do you mean the "insertion point" line appears on the page wherever you click? That sounds like the caret browsing feature.
Could you take a look on the Settings page:
- Windows: "3-bar" menu button (or Tools menu) > Settings
- Mac: "3-bar" menu button (or Firefox menu) > Preferences
- Linux: "3-bar" menu button (or Edit menu) > Preferences
- Any system: type or paste about:preferences into the address bar and press Enter/Return to load it
In the tiny search box at the top of the page, type cursor and Firefox should filter to the "Browsing" section. If the box is checked for "Always use the cursor keys to navigate within pages" then uncheck that box.
If you changed that, does it make any difference?
There also is another way to manage this feature that is a little more under the covers. Forum moderators will remind us that changes made through this interface are not supported and may stop working in the future. However, since I use this myself, I feel comfortable providing this information.
(1) In a new tab, type or paste about:config in the address bar and press Enter/Return. Click the button accepting the risk.
(2) In the search box in the page, type or paste caret and pause while the list is filtered
(3) If the accessibility.browsewithcaret preference is bolded and has a value of true, double-click it to restore the default value of false
(4) If you do not want the F7 key to switch this feature on and off: double-click the accessibility.browsewithcaret_shortcut.enabled preference to switch the value from true to false
More info on about:config: Configuration Editor for Firefox.
Hope that helps!
