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Turning on Caret Browsing in Firefox

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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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  • http://www.jrmiii.com/ Joe Martinez

    Betcha this'll be the coolest trick I pick up all week. Thanks!

  • http://www.jrmiii.com/ Joe Martinez

    Betcha this'll be the coolest trick I pick up all week. Thanks!

  • Lorren

    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.

  • Lorren

    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.

  • http://www.brajeshwar.com/ Brajeshwar

    Hitting the same *F7* should turn if off. It is supposed to be a toggle key.

  • http://www.brajeshwar.com/ Brajeshwar

    Hitting the same *F7* should turn if off. It is supposed to be a toggle key.

  • Lorren

    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.

  • Lorren

    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

    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!
    Regards

  • Leo

    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!
    Regards

  • Rudresh

    Hi me too required to turn off the caret browsing, because typeKeys method in selenium doesn't work,

  • Rudresh

    Hi me too required to turn off the caret browsing, because typeKeys method in selenium doesn't work,

  • magie

    Lorren: ROFL I see exactly what you're talking about, the OCD thing. I have to click the address bar to stop the blinking.

  • magie

    Lorren: ROFL I see exactly what you're talking about, the OCD thing. I have to click the address bar to stop the blinking.

  • nimd4

    In Firefox 3.6 and newer versions you can disable the F7 shortcut that toggles Caret Browsing by setting the about:config accessibility.browsewithcaret_shortcut.enabled to false.

    If you need to, open Firefox in Safe Mode: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Safe+Mode

    P.S.
    Disable Caret Browsing screenshot.

  • nimd4

    In Firefox 3.6 and newer versions you can disable the F7 shortcut that toggles Caret Browsing by setting the about:config accessibility.browsewithcaret_shortcut.enabled to false.

    If you need to, open Firefox in Safe Mode: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Safe+Mode

    P.S.
    Disable Caret Browsing screenshot.

  • Anonymous

    Great one!!

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