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
    2022-06-16T07:44:49+00:00
    1. Click on Text Format button (A+pencil) below the text box.
    2. Type some random text...
    3. Press ESC button
    4. Push Discard button
    5. Left and Right keys work as usual.
    6. Was this reply helpful? Press "Yes" ;)

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-06-08T18:10:05+00:00

    Please fix this issue. Its very bad to not realize your cursor isnt moving when editing a comment.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-06-02T16:39:03+00:00

    A year later and no fix from Microsoft. Did they hire some managers from Atlassian? There are Jira bugs and feature requests that have been open for a decade or more.

    Teams is awful. I miss Slack.

    Anyway, thanks to Ben X. Li - the click somewhere else and hit ESC workaround works a treat.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-05-30T12:00:56+00:00

    if it's not brought up in this thread the problem also exists on macOS. I generally see it after I post an image into a chat.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-05-20T16:40:47+00:00

    You probably know this already, but just added a reply to the Twitter post linking to Jlooppa's repro steps above.. hoping the right people end up seeing it

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