Selecting text no longer working properly in Outlook Web App on MacOS

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I use the Outlook web app on MacOS, and selecting text word by word no longer works (shift + option + arrow on a Mac keyboard). This stopped working sometime this weekend. I tried multiple browsers (Chrome, Edge, Safari) and multiple Macs (Two different MBAs and one MB Mini). I tried it on a PC and it works fine. It seems that something broken on the web app for Mac users over the weekend.

This is a critical shortcut for things like copying and pasting or deleting. Anyone having the same problem and has an idea of what to do about it?

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Anonymous

2024-04-30T11:51:26+00:00

Same here, still triggering indents in bulleted lists and also now the Command-arrow boots me from the editor altogether.

In addition, formatting shortcuts (command-U for underline, for example) and things like command-enter to send, work only about half the time

Anyone got a TamperMonkey fix for the new errors?
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Anonymous

2024-04-30T14:22:24+00:00

What about cmd+ctrl+space = emoji keyboard, which broke at the same time. Has this been addressed yet?
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Anonymous

2024-04-30T18:00:30+00:00

This is still an issue for me, with the cmd key specifically. Now, even simple key bindings like cmd+i (for italics) trigger unexpected behavior while drafting text for an email.
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Anonymous

Thank you very much for the fix!

I have added cmd + shift as well

// ==UserScript==
// @name           Disable Alt+shift+arrow interceptions
// @description    Stop websites from highjacking keyboard shortcuts
// @version        2024-04-10
// @run-at         document-start
// @match          https://outlook.office.com/*
 // @grant          none
// ==/UserScript==
(function() {
    'use strict';
// Keycode for arrow keys.
var keycodes = [37, 38, 39, 40];

(window.opera ? document.body : document).addEventListener('keydown', function(e) {
     if (keycodes.indexOf(e.keyCode) != -1 && e.shiftKey && e.altKey) {
         e.cancelBubble = true;
         e.stopImmediatePropagation();
     }
     if (keycodes.indexOf(e.keyCode) != -1 && e.shiftKey && e.metaKey) {
         e.cancelBubble = true;
         e.stopImmediatePropagation();
     }
     return false;
 }, !window.opera);
})();

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Anonymous

2024-04-30T22:07:58+00:00
It's not working for me, but it looks like that might be because metakey is triggered by the control key, rather than the command key, on Chrome. I've included a line this line
```
    if (keycodes.indexOf(e.keyCode) != -1 && e.shiftKey && e.ctrlKey) {

         e.cancelBubble = true;

         e.stopImmediatePropagation();
```
and that seems to have gotten around it. However, I'm new to tampermonkey (and javascript in general), so I can't seem to get it to override the hijacking of things like Cmd-B and Cmd-I for formatting.

Currently, those key combinations just...do nothing half the time
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