Sometimes, Firefox will go back one page on hitting a left or right arrow key. How do I stop this?

I have noticed that inadvertant hitting of the left or (more often) right arrow key will cause the browser to go back one page in that current tab's history.
== This happened ==
A few times a week
== I don't know - I just noticed that the most recent occurrance involved accidentally hitting the right arow key.

See also:
[[Keyboard shortcuts]]
[[Mouse shortcuts]]
[[Tabbed browsing]]

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