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How do I remove the icon that appears while scrolling that makes my scrolling go wild

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clumsy1
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When I am trying to scroll up and down a page a small upright oval appears wit a line across the middle and a dot in the top and bottom half, My scrolling then goes wild, what is this symbol called and how do I remove it from Firefox on my Mac? I have stopped using Firefox because of it except for sites that won;t work for Safari or Chrome.

When I am trying to scroll up and down a page a small upright oval appears wit a line across the middle and a dot in the top and bottom half, My scrolling then goes wild, what is this symbol called and how do I remove it from Firefox on my Mac? I have stopped using Firefox because of it except for sites that won;t work for Safari or Chrome.

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cor-el
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You enter autoscrolling if you middle click with the mouse wheel on a web page.

You can disable this feature here:

  • Tools > Options > Advanced > General: Browsing: "Use autoscrolling"
clumsy1
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I have a Mac, If I click on Tools, options is not one of the choices.