# Mozilla Firefox Shift + Click annoyance **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 14, 2004, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mozilla-firefox-shift-click-annoyance/274728 "2004-11-14T17:49:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dre2xl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@dre2xl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dre2xl)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mozilla-firefox-shift-click-annoyance/274728/1 "2004-11-14T17:49:33Z")
I’ve got Mozilla Firefox 1.0 with the Adblock extension. Every time I hold down the shift key and double-click on something on a web page, which happens quite often while composing a GMail letter for example, it disappears. For example, tables, field entries, etc–basically anything inside an element disappears. This causes me to lose whatever I’m typing in a textarea. I searched Bugzilla and looked in the options for both Firefox and AdBlock and couldn’t find any documentation on this problem. Is this designed? If so, is there a way to turn off this shortcut or bring it back into view? Did I just uncover a huge bug that no one’s ever found? Am I going nuts? 😕 BTW, this can be replicated on 3 computers. I’ve been noticing this problem since the first 1.0 PR at least. ---
**Author:** ![gentle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eb8c5e/32.png) [@gentle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gentle)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mozilla-firefox-shift-click-annoyance/274728/2 "2004-11-14T18:58:40Z")
> [@dre2xl](#): > > I’ve got Mozilla Firefox 1.0 with the Adblock extension. Every time I hold down the shift key and double-click on something on a web page, which happens quite often while composing a GMail letter for example, it disappears. For example, tables, field entries, etc–basically anything inside an element disappears. This causes me to lose whatever I’m typing in a textarea. > > I searched Bugzilla and looked in the options for both Firefox and AdBlock and couldn’t find any documentation on this problem. Is this designed? If so, is there a way to turn off this shortcut or bring it back into view? Did I just uncover a huge bug that no one’s ever found? Am I going nuts? 😕 > > BTW, this can be replicated on 3 computers. I’ve been noticing this problem since the first 1.0 PR at least. Running 1.0 on Windows with Adblock “V.5 d2 nightly 39” – downloaded just a couple of days ago – with no problems such as the one you describe. Are you sure it’s Adblock? Try temporarily disabling the extension (under Tools -\> Extensions). Restart and see whether the problem still occurs. ---
**Author:** ![dre2xl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@dre2xl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dre2xl)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mozilla-firefox-shift-click-annoyance/274728/3 "2004-11-14T19:48:56Z")
Yep, I uninstalled all my extensions and reinstalled them one by one until I logically deduced that it was Adblock doing it. I’ve got the same version as you. To see what I mean, try holding down Shift and then double click on something that isn’t hyperlinked–the red + yellow subtitle below the yellow + blue “The Straight Dope” is a good one. Does it disappear? ---
**Author:** ![gentle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eb8c5e/32.png) [@gentle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gentle)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mozilla-firefox-shift-click-annoyance/274728/4 "2004-11-14T19:55:09Z")
> [@dre2xl](#): > > Yep, I uninstalled all my extensions and reinstalled them one by one until I logically deduced that it was Adblock doing it. I’ve got the same version as you. To see what I mean, try holding down Shift and then double click on something that isn’t hyperlinked–the red + yellow subtitle below the yellow + blue “The Straight Dope” is a good one. Does it disappear? Ah, you said _double_-click. All right, that happens here, too. ---
**Author:** ![dre2xl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@dre2xl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dre2xl)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mozilla-firefox-shift-click-annoyance/274728/5 "2004-11-14T20:46:53Z")
Well, I posted on the Adblock official forum–where I should’ve posted in the first place–and apparently it is “QuickBlock”. They didn’t say how to turn it off though. Hopefully I’ll hear a response from them. Or maybe I should give up my habit of holding down the shift key while I highlight text. ---
**Author:** ![dre2xl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@dre2xl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dre2xl)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mozilla-firefox-shift-click-annoyance/274728/6 "2004-11-15T00:58:07Z")
Got it–it can be disabled by hitting ctrl+shift+K until there’s no line under the Adblock thingee in the status bar. I don’t know why they didn’t put it in the Options menu.