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

Anonymous
2024-04-03T01:13:07+00:00

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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  1. Anonymous
    2024-04-17T18:21:37+00:00

    Interesting… I've yet to see this in Teams. Are you on 'new' Teams or 'classic'? Am I about to experience another new form of horror when I am forced to apply the next Teams update?

    For what it's worth, this issue crops up regularly. The QScintilla text editor library has suffered from this on at least two occasions that I can think of. This is why good QAs can command a higher salary than some developers…

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-04-17T17:58:13+00:00

    This bug affects Teams chat as well.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-04-17T13:53:29+00:00

    Thanks for getting this going Justin.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-04-16T22:33:27+00:00

    I highly recommend the TamperMonkey solution that was offered above.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-04-16T19:59:35+00:00

    Thanks for getting this going, I am a religious user of shift + option + arrow and agree with several others that the web-based Outlook interface is great, so losing this shortcut has been infuriating as I make TONS of text edits this way while writing emails, my workflow has slowed significantly and my patience dwindling lol Thanks for the other users bumping this issue, and I'm glad to see Microsoft is working on a solution. I just used shift+option+arrow to edit "working" b/c I typed it "woring"— what a useful shortcut to lose! LOL

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