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In every textarea the cursor moves one space as two spaces when it's at the end of a line.

BaeKyungWoo
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Example) Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah

Let's say above is written without enter key, which means first line moved to second because of a textarea box. Let's also say that there is one space left at the end of the first. Then when your cursor is at the end of the first, it moves to right infront of the second line at once when you press the -> key in IE & Chrome because there's only 1 space between Blah and Blah. But instead you have to press twice the -> key to go there in Firefox.

There may be an option to change it to be as in IE & Chrome. But since I've looked for it and couldn't find one, it may be an error that needs to be fixed.

Example) Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Let's say above is written without enter key, which means first line moved to second because of a textarea box. Let's also say that there is one space left at the end of the first. Then when your cursor is at the end of the first, it moves to right infront of the second line at once when you press the -> key in IE & Chrome because there's only 1 space between Blah and Blah. But instead you have to press twice the -> key to go there in Firefox. There may be an option to change it to be as in IE & Chrome. But since I've looked for it and couldn't find one, it may be an error that needs to be fixed.

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the-edmeister
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Hello,

Try Firefox Safe Mode to see if the problem goes away. Firefox Safe Mode is a troubleshooting mode that temporarily turns off hardware acceleration, resets some settings, and disables add-ons (extensions and themes).

If Firefox is open, you can restart in Firefox Safe Mode from the Help menu:

  • Click the menu button New Fx Menu, click Help Help-29 and select Restart with Add-ons Disabled.

If Firefox is not running, you can start Firefox in Safe Mode as follows:

  • On Windows: Hold the Shift key when you open the Firefox desktop or Start menu shortcut.
  • On Mac: Hold the option key while starting Firefox.
  • On Linux: Quit Firefox, go to your Terminal and run firefox -safe-mode
    (you may need to specify the Firefox installation path e.g. /usr/lib/firefox)

When the Firefox Safe Mode window appears, select "Start in Safe Mode".

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If the issue is not present in Firefox Safe Mode, your problem is probably caused by an extension, theme, or hardware acceleration. Please follow the steps in the Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems article to find the cause.

To exit Firefox Safe Mode, just close Firefox and wait a few seconds before opening Firefox for normal use again.

When you figure out what's causing your issues, please let us know. It might help others with the same problem.