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Denc nañu waxtaan wii. Yónneel yeneen laaj soo soxlaa ndimbal.

how do i change this setting?

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dbunz76
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i have the cursor appearing on web pages when i left-click, in places it wouldn't normally appear. this happened i think when i wiped my keypad and hit several keys at once. i don't know how to change it back and it's annoying because i can't use my arrow keys to scroll up and down the page properly now. also the home and end keys aren't working...

i have the cursor appearing on web pages when i left-click, in places it wouldn't normally appear. this happened i think when i wiped my keypad and hit several keys at once. i don't know how to change it back and it's annoying because i can't use my arrow keys to scroll up and down the page properly now. also the home and end keys aren't working...

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TonyE
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It sounds like you are in caret browsing mode. Press F7, that turns caret browsing mode on/off.

dbunz76
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Brilliant! Thanks Tony, I was in caret browsing mode. I hadn't even heard of it before haha.. Thanks for helping me out with that little annoyance :)

cor-el
cor-el
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Also found here:

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

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In Firefox 3.6 and later versions you can disable the F7 shortcut that toggles caret browsing by setting the pref accessibility.browsewithcaret_shortcut.enabled to false on the about:config page if you do not want to use this feature.

To open the about:config page, type about:config in the location (address) bar and press the "Enter" key, just like you type the url of a website to open a website.
If you see a warning then you can confirm that you want to access that page.

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