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Page down key does not work correctly on many web pages.

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cpergiel
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I use the page down key to display the next screenful of text anytime I am reading anything that is longer than one screen. Sometimes it works correctly, but more often it doesn't. Press it once and you get the next screen. Press it again and it goes back to the top. I suppose it could be a problem with the web pages but I don't recall ever seeing this on any other browser or OS or even with Firefox until I got to this version.

I have run into numerous little problems like this and I wonder if I have wandered into the middle of a browser war. I have Chrome installed on this machine and I was using it for a while, but now I've switched back to Firefox.

I use the page down key to display the next screenful of text anytime I am reading anything that is longer than one screen. Sometimes it works correctly, but more often it doesn't. Press it once and you get the next screen. Press it again and it goes back to the top. I suppose it could be a problem with the web pages but I don't recall ever seeing this on any other browser or OS or even with Firefox until I got to this version. I have run into numerous little problems like this and I wonder if I have wandered into the middle of a browser war. I have Chrome installed on this machine and I was using it for a while, but now I've switched back to Firefox.

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You may have switched on caret browsing.

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

  • Edit > Preferences > Advanced > General > Accessibility: [ ] "Always use the cursor keys to navigate within pages"

Note that this is an accessibility feature of Firefox.

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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).

  • Edit > Preferences > Advanced > General > Accessibility: [ ] "Always use the cursor keys to navigate within pages"

Note that this is an accessibility feature of Firefox.

cpergiel
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Thank you. F7 did indeed cure the problem. Pressing it again does turn on 'caret browsing' and the problem comes back.

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