Shift-Tab not working

For some reason, using Shift-Tab to select fields in reverse does not work properly in Safari and other browsers (Chrome, Firefox). When I hit Shift-Tab, the browser window closes, or, if more than one tab is open, I am warned about closing all the tabs. This is not a new problem but I cannot recall when it started. Thanks.

I looked in System Preferences/Keyboard which was fine but then realized I have Witch installed. I looked at triggers there and of course, the trigger for closing a window was Shift-Tab. Deleting that fixed the problem. Thanks.

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