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23. October 2011, 23:29:48

nanoanon

Posts: 3

Browser split in two independent windows

Hi Folks,

I was trying to search this forum for an answer but nothing came up.

For some reason my browser window split in two horizontally. Each box works like a separate instance of the browser, but the bottom one has no navigation toolbar. Can I switch this split screen thing off?

I'm using Windows 7. Browser version 11.51, no plug-ins or extensions.

nervous nervous

25. October 2011, 00:01:44

nanoanon

Posts: 3

The browser is back to normal now.

I had many tabs open and it crashed when saving an image to the desktop. After restart the unwanted bottom window changed to some sort of web developer view. Luckily it had a big "X" button in the upper right corner.

27. January 2012, 08:34:48

gdveggie

(Arcimboldo's "The Gardener" - ca 1590)

Posts: 1710

The web developer view you referred to is called Dragonfly, and is activated by Ctrl+Shift+I or by selecting "Inspect Element" from the right-click context menu, and that was the first thing I thought of with your screenshot... ...but you're right, it doesn't usually look like your screenshot, and usually does have the "X" to exit.

Occasionally people somehow activate it unintentionally (maybe typing a capital "I" but hitting both the Shift and Ctrl key), and are understandably puzzled. But usually there is an "X" to exit out of it.

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