How to Make Your Arrow Keys Work Again in Firefox


	How to Make Your Arrow Keys Work Again in Firefox

DarrenTooCool

10-7-2007 3:55 PM

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firefox, tweak, arrow, page, pg, up, down, keys

DarrenTooCool says:

Arrow keys and Pg Up / Pg Dn not working in Firefox? The fix is as simple as hitting F7.

This drove me crazy for WEEKS!

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