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Cuireadh an snáithe seo sa chartlann. Cuir ceist nua má tá cabhair uait.

Text insertion point flashes anywhere there is text

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jsnymeyer
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The text insertion point in my Firefox will flash anywhere there is text and not solely in a text field/prompt. If I click on any text anywhere within a page it will appear. It is very annoying. This will not happen in Safari.

The text insertion point in my Firefox will flash anywhere there is text and not solely in a text field/prompt. If I click on any text anywhere within a page it will appear. It is very annoying. This will not happen in Safari.

Réiteach roghnaithe

You may have switched on caret browsing.

You can press press F7 (on Mac: fn + F7) to toggle caret browsing on/off.

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

You may have switched on caret browsing.

You can press press F7 (on Mac: fn + F7) to toggle caret browsing on/off.

  • Tools > Options > Advanced : General: Accessibility: [ ] "Always use the cursor keys to navigate within pages"
jsnymeyer
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Your theory was correct! Thanks so much, cor-el!  :)

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cor-el
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You're welcome