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
    2025-01-14T20:22:47+00:00

    What an annoyance this behavior on Outlook web. It depresses me...

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-12-17T18:48:31+00:00

    Daily check in...

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-12-12T20:51:04+00:00

    PLEASE SOMEONE FIND THE FIX FOR THIS!

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-11-02T20:52:02+00:00

    Just want to add my name to the list of people who have this super annoying problem. Please provide a fix!

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