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When I click on a page in an empty space, curser goes to "select" mode, as if to edit text

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When I have another window open for another application, and then I click on my browser window to search, go to bookmark, etc., wherever I click on the page (which is an empty space on the page, unless it is a border graphic), it automatically goes to the beginning of that line of text, as if in Notepad or Word, etc. It has never happened before, so I'm not sure if I have a setting that is off, an addon, or if it is something unnatural lol can anyone help?

When I have another window open for another application, and then I click on my browser window to search, go to bookmark, etc., wherever I click on the page (which is an empty space on the page, unless it is a border graphic), it automatically goes to the beginning of that line of text, as if in Notepad or Word, etc. It has never happened before, so I'm not sure if I have a setting that is off, an addon, or if it is something unnatural lol can anyone help?

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You may have switched on caret browsing: press F7 to toggle

See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Scrolling_with_arrow_keys_no_longer_works

Tools > Options > Advanced : General: Accessibility: [[ ] "Always use the cursor keys to navigate within pages"

See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Accessibility_features_of_Firefox