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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  1. Anonymous
    2021-08-10T10:36:45+00:00

    It happens a lot and it's quite annoying.

    My solution is using the Task Manager to terminate Microsoft Teams and relaunch it. It's much better than restart the whole computer.

    Hope it helps.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-07-26T20:25:30+00:00

    HA! I have to try that one next time this happens lol!

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-07-26T18:08:19+00:00

    The most surprising part of this behavior is that if I hold the Shift key, I can successfully use the left/right arrows to highlight text. However, after releasing Shift, Teams won't let me use the left/right arrows to adjust the cursor position.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-07-12T16:47:05+00:00

    Has anyone figured out why this happens? While the quit/restart method seems to temporarily fix the issue, it inevitably returns....hoping for a resolution that fixes the issue at its core, rather than just the symptoms it causes? Anyone?

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-07-12T15:21:00+00:00

    I am having the same issue. the Problem on resolves after restart but tends to appear again after a while.

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