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when typing the curser does not move when typing so when typing the mouse will move the curser and/or delete becase it highlites everything - very frustrating

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bhornick
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my mouse does not move or disappear when I am typing in my rogers yahoo account - the curser does. Since the mouse does not move, if I accidently hit the mouse pad or sometimes on its own it takes over and moves the typing to wherever the mouse is located. How do I correct this issue. I have Windows &

my mouse does not move or disappear when I am typing in my rogers yahoo account - the curser does. Since the mouse does not move, if I accidently hit the mouse pad or sometimes on its own it takes over and moves the typing to wherever the mouse is located. How do I correct this issue. I have Windows &

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the-edmeister
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Try hitting F7 - maybe you inadvertently switched to caret browsing.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Accessibility.browsewithcaret

cor-el
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Start Firefox in Use Troubleshoot Mode in Firefox to check if one of your add-ons is causing your problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Add-ons > Themes).

See Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems and Troubleshoot issues with plugins like Flash or Java to fix common Firefox problems