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blinking cursor; script trying to run in background; reinstalled Firefox, still problem

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jfrancis0525
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blinking cursor and super slow/unusable searching. window pops up that a script is trying to run but can't. Deleted Firefox completely and reinstalled. Problem still exists. Other search engine is okay.

blinking cursor and super slow/unusable searching. window pops up that a script is trying to run but can't. Deleted Firefox completely and reinstalled. Problem still exists. Other search engine is okay.

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hello jfrancis0525, a reinstall won't help in most cases - please try to reset firefox and see if this can address the issue...

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philipp
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hello jfrancis0525, a reinstall won't help in most cases - please try to reset firefox and see if this can address the issue...

jfrancis0525
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I tried reset and it wasnt blinking at first, but then the cursor started blinking again

cor-el
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You may have switched on caret browsing.

You can toggle caret browsing on/off 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.

Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).

  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window.