Outlook web interface on a Mac: weird Option key behaviour

Anonymous
2024-09-16T19:22:17+00:00

Hi all,

I've suffered a new setback in my ongoing battle with Outlook's web interface.

As of the last week or two only, when I have Outlook open in my browser (Chrome on my Mac) and I press the option key, it seems to initiate some sort of keyboard navigation thing where it shows letters under Home, View, etc. that I can press to navigate those menus via the keyboard.

So my question is: How do I get rid of this behaviour?

I use option + delete and fn + option + delete very often while typing to delete word-by-word, and a couple times an hour now I accidentally tap just the option key which suddenly jumps into this navigation thing and stops my keyboard inputs in the message I'm typing until I hit escape to go back to normal.

This amounts to a not insubstantial hit to my email productivity.

Thanks in advance!

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-05-10T19:13:42+00:00

    I've not seen any updates. Seems basic but apparently not important.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-05-23T13:38:46+00:00

    O. M. G..!!! I think they may have fixed it - I don't seem to be tabbing out! Can anyone please confirm..?

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-05-23T17:30:35+00:00

    For me, nothing has changed — it’s still behaving strangely.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-05-23T18:40:05+00:00

    No difference on my end.

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-05-23T18:47:25+00:00

    no change for me either.

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