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
    2022-03-18T14:08:37+00:00

    At the time of writing this post, this thread is almost THIRTY PAGES LONG and almost a year old.

    Its a serious problem.

    What are you guys doing?

    FIX THIS ALREADY.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-03-21T07:14:38+00:00

    today i have also observed the same issue (not for the first time) on teams: in the chat edit field i could not use the left/right keys to "scroll" within my text.
    but using shift+left / shift + right keys to mark a text works fine.

    so i wonder why MS cannot solve this basic and simple problems over 2 years?

    yes, you can close teams and kill all related tasks within the task manager and restart teams, but this is not a SOLUTION, only WORKAROUND.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-03-21T10:28:46+00:00

    Still happening. March 2022. Version 1.5.00.5967 (64-bit).

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-03-21T14:29:31+00:00

    Same problem here; incredibly annoying!

    March 2022, Microsoft Teams Version 1.5.00.5967 (64-bit). It was last updated on 11. 3. 2022.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-03-21T14:41:06+00:00

    Not a solution but a workaround, posted several times in this thread:

    Open menu with three dots [. . . ] at the bottom of chat panel (below editor), then close the menu by pressing Escape on keyboard.

    Everybody waits when this is no longer necessary... Good luck.

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