I can't highlight text

When I right click and drag the cursor to highlight- nothing happens

Does that happen all the time or only on specific pages?
On some page that have a background image with a white background the selection color may not be very noticeable, only if you look good you can see a slight change in the color of the selected text and no background color change.
If that didn't apply then start Firefox in [[Safe Mode]] to check if one of the add-ons is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Add-ons > Themes).
* Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
See:
* [[Troubleshooting extensions and themes]]

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