Page Up / Page Down - switches btw scroll/browse functions "Randomly" - NOT CARET related
First - let's make this clear: This is POSITIVELY NOT A "CARET BROWSING" problem. Hitting F7 enables it, and the problem persists, hitting F7 to disable CB, and it's still FUBAR.
As the title says, the PageUp / PageDown keys don't always work to scroll Up and Down within a page. When they aren't doing that function, they work to do Back/Forward browsing (alt-left/alt-right) respectively.
This seems to occur randomly, but very frequently. Within a single browsing session it can switch back and forth between the two. Obviously, I can't always pinpoint when it switches. Though (and it could be observer bias) I notice that sometimes certain pages seem to enable it (scrolling, that is), possibly Wikipedia and Google Image search.
I've tried "Safe Mode"(all plugins & extensions disabled), with no change in results.
Any suggestions are welcome - this is killing me - it makes my touchpad/mouse and keyboard method of two handed browsing difficult. I've also (more than a few times - including while writing this) lost many a content form (textarea) while attempting to srcoll on it, I instead browse "Back", losing all the contents.
Thanks in advance, Mark
Chosen solution
Yep - Due to some interaction ASUS (or Elantek?) hotkey function.
From that thread in the bug report, "dmtf2010" posted the following solution:
So, the solution is: 1. Go to about:config 2. Find ui.elantech_gesture_hacks.enabled 3. Change its value from -1 to 0 4. Restart FF 5. If you run into a bug that option was designed to fix (non-working page swipe gestures), install the latest Elantech driver (http://www.techspot.com/drivers/driver/file/information/14513/) and reboot.
Thanks cor-el. This will make my browsing SO much better. Mark.
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Sounds like this bug is still not fully fixed.
- bug 640587 - Page up/down behaviour changes to "page back/forward"
Chosen Solution
Yep - Due to some interaction ASUS (or Elantek?) hotkey function.
From that thread in the bug report, "dmtf2010" posted the following solution:
So, the solution is: 1. Go to about:config 2. Find ui.elantech_gesture_hacks.enabled 3. Change its value from -1 to 0 4. Restart FF 5. If you run into a bug that option was designed to fix (non-working page swipe gestures), install the latest Elantech driver (http://www.techspot.com/drivers/driver/file/information/14513/) and reboot.
Thanks cor-el. This will make my browsing SO much better. Mark.