Left & right arrow keys don't move the cursor (in teams)

Anonymous
2021-05-11T01:15:20+00:00

ft and right arrow keys have no effect in TEAMS BUT left-arrow + CTRL moves left one word, and right-arrow + CTRL moves right one word. So it is clear the arrow keys on the keyboard are functioning and sending signals to the computer. I also tried my laptop built in keyboard & the number pad. All have the same effect. What could be making the arrows by themselves not work?  (Up and Down arrows work normally.)

1.      Is it a laptop or desktop computer?
Laptop 

2.      What is the make and model of the keyboard?
HP laptop keyboard & logitech external 

3.      Was it working fine earlier?
Yes at most an hour before

4.      Were there any recent changes made on the computer prior to the issue?
No. Maybe I inadvertently hit some hot key?

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-11-11T07:53:38+00:00

    Simple solution thanks it's working like a champ.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-11-10T17:12:40+00:00

    Been having this issue for over a month now. Im surprised to see it was reported back in May!
    Restarting MS Teams work for me but it's quite annoying to be closing and opening Teams several times a day. I hope this is fixed ASAP

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-11-10T15:44:47+00:00

    100% happens all the time to me as well, can't narrow down what causes it or key combo i accidentally hit. WHAT can we do to fix this Microsoft........

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-11-10T10:22:55+00:00

    Its the restart, rather than the spellings settings, that helped you - the temporary fix is to fully close teams and reopen. Note: when you just press the close X, it really just minimizes it to the task bar.

    To fully close its either:
    . on the task bar, right clock on teams and press 'Quit'
    . on the system tray, (may need to expand), right click on the team T icon and press 'Quit'
    . opening task manager and close it there.

    Then reopen.

    HTH

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