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How do I stop a typing line from appearing in abnormal areas of a webpage?

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Wherever I click on a webpage a "typing line" (the blinking line that appears right after every letter you type) appears, and it causes huge issues for scrolling with arrow keys (I'm on a mouseless laptop so this is especially debilitating), and I do not know how I caused this to happen. If there is any way to stop this, I would greatly appreciate it if someone could tell me! Thanks!

Wherever I click on a webpage a "typing line" (the blinking line that appears right after every letter you type) appears, and it causes huge issues for scrolling with arrow keys (I'm on a mouseless laptop so this is especially debilitating), and I do not know how I caused this to happen. If there is any way to stop this, I would greatly appreciate it if someone could tell me! Thanks!

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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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Chosen Solution

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"