Why does my "tab" key no longer cycle out of the "TO" area? Outlook Live Web Browser

Anonymous
2025-04-02T19:53:28+00:00

Good morning,

Within the past 2 days, my Outlook Live web browser will no longer tab from the "TO" field to the "CC" field or the "BCC" field when email addresses autopopulate into the "TO" field.

It has tabbed fine for almost 5 years for all contacts, but for the past few days, it will no longer work on any of the names in my contact list.

If I enter their name and then try to tab down to the subject line, it highlights the name in yellow, but it will never tab down to the other fields.

If I put my cursor in the subject line and then tab, the cursor will move from the subject line to the body of the email.

Why is the Outlook Live web browser functioning this way on certain names in my contact list?

I have cleared my cache and cookies.

I have tried using incognito mode.

Nothing has worked.

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-04-08T21:07:57+00:00

    A week later and I am still experiencing the same issue. Very frustrating to deal with a simple bug like this.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-04-08T20:29:32+00:00

    Was experiencing the same problem. I hit the left alt key twice and the issue seems to magically been resolved!

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-04-08T20:11:52+00:00

    So, update to issue

    tab seems to work with my direct email box ie.. if I compose a email that is from ******@mydomain.com the tab works in the to field but If I select the shared email box from ******@mydomain.com the tab function doesn't work.

    isn't it great to pay to be beta testers

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-04-08T20:07:06+00:00

    Has there been a solution posted to this issue? I also use both Chrome and Firefox and am having the same issue with MS Outlook Online. In the past once I type in an email address I can tab to advance to the next field, now, it simply highlights the previous email address and it will not tab to advance.

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-04-08T20:05:11+00:00

    I closed out my Outlook for the umpteenth time today and this time, my tabbing works. It looks like they fixed the issue.

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