Re: [gentoo-user] Wierd key bindings in Firefox

[Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>]

Hi, Renat.

On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 11:32:25PM +0200, Renat Golubchyk wrote:
> On Tue, 24 May 2011 21:17:14 +0000 Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> wrote:
> > Hi, Gentoo.

> > In Firefox 3.6.17, I would expect Page up/down to scroll ~a page up /
> > down, and for up/down arrow to scroll a small number of lines up/down.

> > This doesn't happen.  Instead Page up/down do nothing, arrow down
> > scrolls to the very bottom of the page, arrow up "sometimes" scrolls
> > back to the top again.

> > Does anybody else experience this behaviour, does anybody else know
> > why it's happening, and does anybody else know how to get the desired
> > key bindings?

> Get the keyconfig extension [1] and bind you keys as you see fit.

My problem was my own.  I'd had the cursor enabled (with F7) for several
weeks without knowing it.  As soon as I disabled it, my keys started
working properly again.

> Cheers,
> Renat


> [1] http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=72994

> -- 
> Probleme kann man niemals mit derselben Denkweise loesen,
> durch die sie entstanden sind.
>                                               (Einstein)

Thanks for that!  It's most appropriate in the present circumstances.
;-)

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).