Resolution for caret cursor (F7) problem

Problems in using Page Up, Page Down, Space Bar, Home, and End keys

F7 will toggle the caret cursor on/off (you want it to be off)

Firefox Problems & Issues (Notes)

• http://dmcritchie.mvps.org/firefox/firefox-problems.htm#caret

Add the following lines to your user.js in your profile file, you have to create the file, it does not exist by default. You may mess it up by pressing F7 accidentally but the following will restore values in your prefs.js as seen in your about:addons with each new Firefox session.

// Get SpaceBar, PageUp, PageDown to work properly if F7 hit accidentally

// see http://dmcritchie.mvps.org/firefox/firefox-problems.htm#caret

user_pref("accessibility.browsewithcaret", false);

user_pref("accessibility.warn_on_browsewithcaret", true);"

To open your profile folder and create/update user.js for to fix problem

1. type about:support into the location bar
2. click on the "Open Containing Folder" button
3. use the File menu to create a new text file,
4. rename "New Document file.txt" to "user.js"
5. open fie and paste the above cards into the file, and save

When using press F7 if you see no message you have restored value to what you want, if you press it again you get a warning message use the "No" button to retain current settings. (Do not remove the warning)

References:

• http://dmcritchie.mvps.org/firefox/firefox-problems.htm#caret
• http://dmcritchie.mvps.org/firefox/firefox.htm#options
• http://dmcritchie.mvps.org/firefox/keyboard.htm
• http://dmcritchie.mvps.org/firefox/lessons/intro/fx4_intro.htm

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 or want to avoid entering caret browsing by accident.

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.

• Use the Filter bar at to top of the about:config page to locate a preference more easily.
• Preferences that have been modified show as bold(user set).
• Preferences can be reset to the default or changed via the right-click context menu.

• http://kb.mozillazine.org/Scrolling_with_arrow_keys_no_longer_works
• http://kb.mozillazine.org/accessibility.browsewithcaret

Thanks fellas. Both solutions worked.