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My cursor keeps blinking in Firefox

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i have updated the browser but still My cursor keeps blinking in Firefox and im using windows 8.1 x64. please tell me how to fix this im unable to browse and play games.

i have updated the browser but still My cursor keeps blinking in Firefox and im using windows 8.1 x64. please tell me how to fix this im unable to browse and play games.

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cor-el
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You may have switched on caret browsing.

You can toggle caret browsing on/off 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/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).

  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window.