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
    2022-02-15T19:36:45+00:00

    it woks by opening any of the three dot expansion menus... (been following since page 1). Simply open with mouse click escape button viola.

    Mickey-Soft bugs. Excel still has conditional formatting bugged when using tables (since 2000! ... google it). They just give up instead of fixing things and hope no one notices. Its a thing.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-02-15T19:54:53+00:00

    hmm.. didn't seem to work for me just with the three dots, i had to work my way to where it changed away from chat window, then escape .. i'll try again next time - all for shorter work-arounds

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-02-15T19:57:06+00:00

    Thank you for this tip. This is the only way that I was able to fix the arrow problem.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-02-15T21:36:31+00:00

    I have the same issue in MS Teams Version 1.5.00.2164 (64-bit) running in Windows 10 (Lenovo Thinkpad T480).

    The workaround of restarting Teams (Quit > Open again) worked fine but it's still pretty annoying when it happens.

    Maybe by reporting this to MS they can notice the issue and fix it, this is how I did it:
    Help button (lower left corner) > Give feedback > Explain the issue and include the link to this MS Answers post:

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msteams/forum/all/left-right-arrow-keys-dont-move-the-cursor-in/0005b99d-f034-4d65-89f2-c67bd7c53e67

    Regards from Costa Rica!

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-02-16T21:03:58+00:00

    I'm having the same issue. It would be great if Microsoft fixed this bug.

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