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
    2021-12-21T21:10:17+00:00

    I have the same problem here, and restarting Teams does not always work

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-12-21T22:05:08+00:00

    Thank you Hummelmose, that is wonderful, and has fixed the problem! I'm not bothered why, as it is most likely an accidental key press (probably alt and something) but at least I now know how to fix it.

    Forget reboot.

    I tried the following from a suggestion:

    Right click  on teams logo at the bottom:

    Select X Quit to get out of Teams from the options shown:

    Go back into Teams and the problem was fixed for me.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-12-21T22:22:37+00:00

    For the love of god, instead of repeating the same stuff over and over again, can ANYONE check if it's Print Screen button that breaks their Teams? Just press it a couple of times and check if moving arrows still work.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-12-21T23:06:14+00:00

    I was NOT able to freeze (or lockout) arrow-key functions in the Teams Chat textbox by pressing the PrtSc key singly or in series. This did not have an effect in either the Win10 desktop Teams app, nor in the Chrome browser hosted Teams page.

    So, here, PrtSc (which I rarely if ever touch anyway) does NOT affect the arrow key behavior.

    But then again- what does? I don't know a great way to force the behavior to happen. Hell- maybe Microsoft even snuck in an unacknowledged fix. Wouldn't THAT be something?

    -Tom

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-12-22T02:51:28+00:00

    Same issue here. Reoccurring for me every day. Microsoft can you please prioritise and fix these reported bugs?

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