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when i am in google and click on a subject i get a dooted boarder around the an article

I was just in Google search looking up something and when i clicked on a topic there is a dooted line or box around the topic. I did the same in I E and Google Chrome and Edge and di not get the dotted boarder how do i remove it

I was just in Google search looking up something and when i clicked on a topic there is a dooted line or box around the topic. I did the same in I E and Google Chrome and Edge and di not get the dotted boarder how do i remove it

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Hi Mary, the dotted "outline" is a cue that a particular link or button is focused, which allows you to activate it with the keyboard if you like. It is called the "focus ring."

If you want to hide the default focus ring in web pages -- pages can still specify their own outline settings -- you can modify a preference:

(1) In a new tab, type or paste about:config in the address bar and press Enter/Return. Click the button accepting the risk.

(2) In the search box above the list, type or paste focus and pause while the list is filtered

(3) Double-click the browser.display.focus_ring_width preference to open an editing field and reduce 1 to 0 and then either click the blue checkmark button or press the Enter key to complete the edit.

(That doesn't seem to affect the Page Info dialog.)

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Mary said

there is a dooted line

I think you mean 'dotted line.'

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can you see the dotted line. does it have something to do with focus or an add on.

cleared cookies and cache

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after i did all that i still see dotted line look at attachment and check where it says allow there is a dotted line around it

only happening in Firefox no other browser hardware accelleration ius always clicked off clear cookies and cache from all sites

that i open with Firefox i know   when it is overan  i con on desktop  it has  something to do  with focus rectangle

did all that but still see dotted line. I did not want to up grade any thing for fear of doing something wrong

and if it were my graphic card wouldn't it   do it in all  browsers

see now i sent another thing for you to see where there are dotted loin's or box

check out permissions where the doted box is. is this supposed to do this

Hmm. That looks like that area was given focus. Is that all the time? Do the dots move around? Try clicking in a blank area. What happens?

தீர்வு தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்டது

Hi Mary, the dotted "outline" is a cue that a particular link or button is focused, which allows you to activate it with the keyboard if you like. It is called the "focus ring."

If you want to hide the default focus ring in web pages -- pages can still specify their own outline settings -- you can modify a preference:

(1) In a new tab, type or paste about:config in the address bar and press Enter/Return. Click the button accepting the risk.

(2) In the search box above the list, type or paste focus and pause while the list is filtered

(3) Double-click the browser.display.focus_ring_width preference to open an editing field and reduce 1 to 0 and then either click the blue checkmark button or press the Enter key to complete the edit.

(That doesn't seem to affect the Page Info dialog.)

what about browswe ring on anything that is false do i do anything to that

Mary said

what about browswe ring on anything that is false do i do anything to that

Usually it is best to leave that on false unless you are unable to use a mouse/trackpad.