My mouse now has 2 modes. I must constantly reset it (open/close StartMenu) between webpage control and Firefox control. How to fix?
Once a Firefox control (toolbar button, URL entry, Searchbox Entry) is invoked, the mouse will no longer operate in the web window (other than moving around) or move scroll bars. Can't select anything, enter data, click links, etc.
To switch to the "other mode", it's necessary to "reset" by opening/closing Windows Start Menu.
In this "mode", it's not possible to use Firefox controls (Toolbars, Back/Forward, URL addressing, Search Box entry) without performing the same "reset" procedure.
Once "reset" it's possible to do anything once but whatever is done will "set" the mode in 1 of those 2 modes where it will remain until the next5 time the start menu is opened/closed.
Using drop-down menus in webpages (like this one) requires that the choice in the drop menu be selected using up/down arrows and [Enter] key. The mouse will drop the menu, but will not "select" the chosen item.
As it turns out I didn't find the cause of this issue as the next day the issue came back when I restarted my MBP.
Two days later I have found a working solution so I can limp back to Australia in a month's time, but continue working.
If I start my MBP (with the Shift stuck) it wires 6GB or RAM just at start up and I have to disable the keyboard via terminal (sudo kextunload /System/Library/Extensions/AppleUSBTopCase.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleUSBTCKeyb oard.kext/) and then use an external USB keyboard. Very annoying to say the least.
My solution is during restart press the Control and Option keys so that they override the start up with Shift function in OSX. When I attempt to log in I the shift is still stuck so normally my password wouldn't work (so I have changed my password to one that will). Once logged in the Shift is no longer stuck although the Left Shift key does not work so typing takes an extra few hundred milliseconds to use the Right Shift for all capitals (annoying but bareable).
Not an ideal situation, but it is workable until I can get it fixed.
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Due to recent changes in how Apple handles this issue, the most successful
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