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Problem with page scrolling to the bottom automatically and won't let me move back up

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when i open any website after a couple of minutes it will automatically scroll to the bottom of the page and if I try to go back up it automatically returns to the bottom

when i open any website after a couple of minutes it will automatically scroll to the bottom of the page and if I try to go back up it automatically returns to the bottom

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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"

Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the extensions or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).