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My Firefox has JUST started jumping to the BOTTOM of a web page when I hit either the Page Down key or the Down Arrow, WHY?!?

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I am running Windows Vista Home Premium, Service Pack 2. Today my Firefox started jumping to the BOTTOM of a websites page INSTEAD of going down one screen at a time like the Page Down key has been doing (on any browser I have ever used).

I am running Windows Vista Home Premium, Service Pack 2. Today my Firefox started jumping to the BOTTOM of a websites page INSTEAD of going down one screen at a time like the Page Down key has been doing (on any browser I have ever used).

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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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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"

Thanks, that DID it!

You're welcome