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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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Solution (sort off) is to Quit Teams (Right click on Teams Icon and select X Quit) - and restart Teams ... then the arrow keys works as expected also in the message field in Teams
This is better than having to restart my whole computer lol but, I'd love to better understand why this happens and or have it fixed so it doesn't happen.
I am having the same issue. the Problem on resolves after restart but tends to appear again after a while.
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?
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.