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Mouse not changing from Arrow to I-Bar

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NettoSaito
NettoSaito
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Whenever I heightlight non selectable text my mouse arrow stays an arrow instead of turning into the I-Bar. However the mouse does in fact turn into the I-Bar when it's over a text field such as the one I'm typing in now.

Is it possible that I somehow turned this feature off? I was copying/pasting some text right before it happened, and my hands might have got off on my keyboard.

Whenever I heightlight non selectable text my mouse arrow stays an arrow instead of turning into the I-Bar. However the mouse does in fact turn into the I-Bar when it's over a text field such as the one I'm typing in now. Is it possible that I somehow turned this feature off? I was copying/pasting some text right before it happened, and my hands might have got off on my keyboard.

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dumdidadida
dumdidadida
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Hi,

Please check if this happens in Safe Mode. Safe mode disables the installed Extensions, and themes (Appearance) in Tools (Alt + T) > Add-ons. Hardware acceleration is also temporarily disabled - the manual setting is Tools > Options > Advanced > General > Use hardware acceleration when available. All these settings/options/add-ons can also be individually or collectively disabled/enabled/changed in Firefox normal mode to check if an extension, theme, option or hardware acceleration is causing issues. Disabling/enabling hardware acceleration, and some types of add-ons in normal mode may require a Firefox restart.

Uninstalling Add-ons

Uninstalling Toolbars

Troubleshooting Extensions and Themes

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If the problem persists please also check if this happens in a new profile. If the new profile is okay, you can then Reset Firefox on the old (previous) profile via Help (Alt + H) > Troubleshooting Information.