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Not able to scroll with the down and up key

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chris122
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I have to hold down the mouse to scroll up and down

I have to hold down the mouse to scroll up and down

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You may have switched on caret browsing.

You can press press F7 (on Mac: fn + F7) to toggle caret browsing on/off.

  • Tools > Options > Advanced : General: Accessibility: [ ] "Always use the cursor keys to navigate within pages"
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cor-el
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Chosen Solution

You may have switched on caret browsing.

You can press press F7 (on Mac: fn + F7) to toggle caret browsing on/off.

  • Tools > Options > Advanced : General: Accessibility: [ ] "Always use the cursor keys to navigate within pages"
chris122
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Thanks

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chris122
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You are right thank you!!!

Modified by chris122

cor-el
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You're welcome