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Firefox is showing a strange vertical line everywhere I click. How do I get rid of it?

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FelipeMarc
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So for a couple of days now Firefox has been showing a weird vertical line and I'd really like to know to disable/get rid of it. It's kind of annoying seeing how it's everywhere I click.

Screenshots archived for proof. I included a red arrow just in case anyone would miss it.

P.S. I'm using Windows 10 so could it be related to the OS instead? Please help me out.

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So for a couple of days now Firefox has been showing a weird vertical line and I'd really like to know to disable/get rid of it. It's kind of annoying seeing how it's everywhere I click. Screenshots archived for proof. I included a red arrow just in case anyone would miss it. P.S. I'm using Windows 10 so could it be related to the OS instead? Please help me out. Thanks!
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hi FelipeMarc, please press F7 in order to leave caret browsing mode & that cursor should be gone.

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philipp
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hi FelipeMarc, please press F7 in order to leave caret browsing mode & that cursor should be gone.

FelipeMarc
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Thank you so much, Philip! =)

cor-el
cor-el
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See also:

Note that this is an accessibility feature of Firefox.

FredMcD
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Caret Out {web link} Disables change of the caret browse mode by shortcut key(F7).