# Firefox won't scroll right **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 2, 2008, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-wont-scroll-right/466114 "2008-10-02T02:29:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2008, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-wont-scroll-right/466114/1 "2008-10-02T02:29:39Z")
Hey, anyone know why all of a sudden the “Home” and “End” keys no longer give me a vertical scroll, but instead just move the cursor to the respective end of the horizontal line? I can’t find a setting to change it back. ---
**Author:** ![Stealth\_Potato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Stealth\_Potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stealth_Potato)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2008, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-wont-scroll-right/466114/2 "2008-10-02T04:16:05Z")
That’s the normal behavior when an input field has focus. If you click somewhere outside a text area, “Home” and “End” should scroll the page like usual, but any time you have a blinking text insertion caret, those keys are supposed to move to the beginning/end of the currently selected line, respectively. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2008, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-wont-scroll-right/466114/3 "2008-10-02T04:17:39Z")
> [@Stealth\_Potato](#): > > That’s the normal behavior when an input field has focus. If you click somewhere outside a text area, “Home” and “End” should scroll the page like usual, but any time you have a blinking text insertion caret, those keys are supposed to move to the beginning/end of the currently selected line, respectively. Right, I understand that. It no longer works that way for me. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-wont-scroll-right/466114/4 "2008-10-03T00:21:29Z")
One bump. No one? Dang. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-wont-scroll-right/466114/5 "2008-10-03T04:44:50Z")
Why don’t you just delete Firefox and then re-download it and install? You can copy the bookmarks and save them before you uninstall it. ---
**Author:** ![IGJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/igjoe/32/5420_2.png) [@IGJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IGJoe)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-wont-scroll-right/466114/6 "2008-10-03T04:49:06Z")
If there’s not an input field in focus, what cursor are you referring to? It’s not actually moving your mouse pointer over is it? ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-wont-scroll-right/466114/7 "2008-10-03T04:56:22Z")
> [@IGJoe](#): > > If there’s not an input field in focus, what cursor are you referring to? It’s not actually moving your mouse pointer over is it? Um . . . I’m not sure. But there is no case in which my home and end keys work anymore; I’ve tried clicking on the page, on the slider, on the, what, the slider track, nada. “Home” and “end” have been effectively, entirely, permanently changed from a vertical page scroll to a single-horizontal-line orientation. No matter how many fixes I try. ---
**Author:** ![puppygod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@puppygod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puppygod)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-wont-scroll-right/466114/8 "2008-10-03T08:48:18Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Um . . . I’m not sure. But there is no case in which my home and end keys work anymore; I’ve tried clicking on the page, on the slider, on the, what, the slider track, nada. “Home” and “end” have been effectively, entirely, permanently changed from a vertical page scroll to a single-horizontal-line orientation. No matter how many fixes I try. Strange. Does it happen on every pages, or only one specified page? Also, do you recently installed some Add-ons? How “home” and “end” behave in other programs - is it problem only with Firefox? Is visible text cursor on screen? If yes, is it visible all time, or only when you press home/end? ---
**Author:** ![CoBa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@CoBa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoBa)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-wont-scroll-right/466114/9 "2008-10-03T15:16:36Z")
Go into your Firefox options under Advanced, and uncheck the “Always use cursor keys to navigate pages” option. That should fix it (Assuming you mean an insertion point cursor). ---
**Author:** ![IGJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/igjoe/32/5420_2.png) [@IGJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IGJoe)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-wont-scroll-right/466114/10 "2008-10-03T22:33:21Z")
Huh, well whattaya know… I’ve never noticed that Accessibility option before. Nice catch, **CoBa**!