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web development toolbox is preventing me from using upercase letter, special characters and anything else which requires the use of the shift key. help.

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everytime i press the shift key, the web development toolbox opens. i am unable to use upercase letter, special characters and anything else which requires the shift key. this is really annoying me...i can't even use an exclamation mark111111

everytime i press the shift key, the web development toolbox opens. i am unable to use upercase letter, special characters and anything else which requires the shift key. this is really annoying me...i can't even use an exclamation mark111111

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Sounds that you have a sticky key that is in pressed state.

Do you mean the toolbox that should open via Ctrl+Shift+K or open of the others of the toolbox that opens via Ctrl+F2?

Try to press the involved keys a few times, see the Web Developer menu for the shortcut keys.

Did you try to close and restart Firefox or reboot the computer?

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Sounds that you have a sticky key that is in pressed state.

Do you mean the toolbox that should open via Ctrl+Shift+K or open of the others of the toolbox that opens via Ctrl+F2?

Try to press the involved keys a few times, see the Web Developer menu for the shortcut keys.

Did you try to close and restart Firefox or reboot the computer?

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Thank you. I feel like a dumb dumb...-_-! First rule of anything technical...restart. I've just never seen this problem. doing a restart fixed it. Thank you.

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You're welcome