Turning on Caret Browsing in Firefox

Turning on Caret Browsing in Firefox

Firefox, Caret Browsing

This is cool! Hitting F7 in Firefox will allow you to turn on/off caret browsing. This feature places a moveable cursor in web pages, allowing you to select text with the keyboard. This is better suited for Laptops/Notebooks.

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Brajeshwar posted this article on Wed, Feb 22nd, 2006 at 7:06 am
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Joe Martinez February 22nd, 2006 at 3:27 pm 1

Betcha this’ll be the coolest trick I pick up all week. Thanks!
Lorren January 20th, 2008 at 9:28 am 2

So, I’m wondering…how do you turn it off? I turned it on by mistake and can’t get it to go away.

This feature is not very OCD friendly.
Brajeshwar January 20th, 2008 at 12:07 pm 3

Hitting the same F7 should turn if off. It is supposed to be a toggle key.
Lorren January 20th, 2008 at 12:37 pm 4

Actually, for whatever reason that wasn’t working. So, I found this answer:

Navigate to “about:config” in FF’s address bar, do a live search for “caret” and double click to turn it on/off.
Leo March 22nd, 2008 at 3:22 am 5

Hi,

I’m using the extension Keyconfig on firefox 3 to customize hotkeys. I set F7 to visit google reader but it still toggles Caret Browsing on and off, which is really annoying. Is there a way to completely disable this feature?

Thanks!
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