Accessibility.browsewithcaret
Background
Originally for debugging purposes, this preference now determines whether or not Caret Browsing mode is active. Caret Browsing is provided as a way to navigate through a web page—using only the keyboard—by moving a text caret. This mode is more easily toggled by pressing [F7].
Caret Browsing mode changes the effects of the arrow keys, as well as the [Home] and [End] keys.
Possible values and their effects
True
A blinking cursor (the caret) is visible on all displayed webpages, allowing the user to navigate through the page as they might a word processor document.
False
The system caret is hidden.
UI
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.x
A checkbox labeled “Move system caret with focus/selection changes” is located under “Tools → Options → Advanced → Accessibility”.
Mozilla Firefox 1.5
A checkbox labeled “Allow text to be selected with the keyboard” is located under “Tools → Options → Advanced → General”.
First checked in
Has an effect in
- Netscape (all versions since 6.1)
- Mozilla Suite (all versions since 0.9)
- Mozilla Phoenix (all versions)
- Mozilla Firebird (all versions)
- Mozilla Firefox (all versions)
- SeaMonkey (all versions)
