# Firefox question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-question/368101>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 10, 2006, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-question/368101 "2006-08-10T02:45:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2006, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-question/368101/1 "2006-08-10T02:45:22Z")

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I should probably be able to figure this out, but I haven’t had any success so far, so I’m turning to the ultimate source of wisdom, the Dopers.

I used to be able to go to the top or bottom of the current page by pressing “Home” or “End” in the browser. Since I upgraded to Firefox 1.5.0.6 I have to press “Ctrl/Home” or “Ctrl/End” to do the same thing.

This is only on my home computer, it doesn’t do this at work. I’m sure there is some setting that I’ve overlooked, but I can’t find it.

Has anyone else experienced the same thing, or know how to change it?

Thanks,  
FBG

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**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2006, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-question/368101/2 "2006-08-10T03:15:17Z")

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I have that same verison and just tried it, home and end work as you say without the ctrl key. Actually I never used that feature ever before, and after this thread most likely never will again - YMMV.

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**Author:** ![diggleblop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@diggleblop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggleblop)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2006, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-question/368101/3 "2006-08-10T03:44:28Z")

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[http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewforum.php?f=38](http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewforum.php?f=38) - general support forums for Firefox.

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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2006, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-question/368101/4 "2006-08-10T08:17:07Z")

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Do you have a flashing text edit bar that appears when you use the arrow keys? If so, you probably turned on caret browsing. Push F7 to toggle it, does that work?