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
    2021-10-18T09:41:46+00:00

    Same here. It seems come come out of nowhere and random.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-10-18T10:25:48+00:00

    The clever "click in textbox/Tab/right/left/shift-tab" trick someone helpfully posted below works for me sometimes, but not others. Only quitting and restarting Teams completely always works here. I have to do this many times a day. It is very irritating....

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-10-18T14:23:13+00:00

    Really annoying.... what is the problem here?

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-10-18T17:54:57+00:00

    Same issue here. It's amateur hour over at Microsoft. No one can make decent software anymore. This is infuriating and pathetic from a billion dollar company.

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-10-20T01:09:09+00:00

    I have the same issue, and how about hold 'ctrl' key? It works for me.

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