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Blinky "|" appearing wherever I click.

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When anyone types in message boxes, address bars, etc. a blinking "|" appears, indicating you can type there. This blinking "|" appears wherever I click on a page now. If I just click on text or on an image, the | appears on it (or next to it in case of images). This only occurs in Firefox, and seems to only occur on things that can be highlighted. How do I disable this?

When anyone types in message boxes, address bars, etc. a blinking "|" appears, indicating you can type there. This blinking "|" appears wherever I click on a page now. If I just click on text or on an image, the | appears on it (or next to it in case of images). This only occurs in Firefox, and seems to only occur on things that can be highlighted. How do I disable this?

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You are in caret browsing mode, if you press F7 it toggles caret browsing mode on/off.

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TonyE
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You are in caret browsing mode, if you press F7 it toggles caret browsing mode on/off.

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I love you.

TonyE
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You're welcome :)

navarretejason
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this did not work for me. every time i minimize the screen, i get Black Blocks and black blinking the hole screen.