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.

Wherever I click, a blinking cursor appears

  • 4 replies
  • 1 has this problem
  • 7 views
  • Last reply by cor-el

ladyicculus
ladyicculus
more options

Wherever I click in Firefox, whether it be the body of a paragraph or just blank space so I can scroll down with my mouse, it leaves a blinking cursor. Help please.

Wherever I click in Firefox, whether it be the body of a paragraph or just blank space so I can scroll down with my mouse, it leaves a blinking cursor. Help please.

All Replies (4)

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

You may have switched on caret browsing.

You can toggle caret browsing off/on 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.

FredMcD
FredMcD
more options

If the above does not help,

Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web Link} by holding down the <Shift>
(Mac Options) key, and then starting Firefox. Is the problem still there?

ladyicculus
ladyicculus Question owner
more options

Unchecking the "Always use the cursor keys to navigate within pages" worked perfectly! You guys rock, thanks so much for the info and suggestions!

Note for future reference: the above is the only way that resolved the blinking cursor problem. Safe mode did not fix it- no offense FredMcD! Just wanted to let you all know :)

Thanks a bunch! I truly appreciate your help.

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

You're welcome.

You can disable the F7 shortcut key by setting accessibility.browsewithcaret_shortcut.enabled to falase on the about:config page.