Join the AMA (Ask Me Anything) with the Firefox leadership team to celebrate Firefox 20th anniversary and discuss Firefox’s future on Mozilla Connect. Mark your calendar on Thursday, November 14, 18:00 - 20:00 UTC!

This site will have limited functionality while we undergo maintenance to improve your experience. If an article doesn't solve your issue and you want to ask a question, we have our support community waiting to help you at @FirefoxSupport on Twitter and/r/firefox on Reddit.

Avatar for Username

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

This thread was archived. Please ask a new question if you need help.

why does style editor pop up when the shift key is pressed?

  • 1 reply
  • 3 have this problem
  • 10 views
  • Last reply by cor-el

ogrebeast64
ogrebeast64
more options

Ever since latest update, the style editor pops up when the shift key is pressed.

Ever since latest update, the style editor pops up when the shift key is pressed.

All Replies (1)

cor-el
cor-el
  • Moderator
  • Top 10 Contributor
more options

The Style Editor uses Shift+F7 as the shortcut key.
If pressing the Shift key activates it then you may have a sticky F7 key that Firefox thinks is pressed.
You can try to press the F7 key a few times to see is that helps or close and restart Firefox or reboot the computer.

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 or otherwise make changes.