Pressing alt+tab to change program or pressing tab to move to next entry cell in a web page is causing Firefox to open a new tab

A new tab is being opened in Firefox (started only today) when I do any of the following
1. pressing alt+tab when in Firefox
2. pressing tab to change data entry cell in a web page
3. pressing direction keys (any of up - down - left - right)

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