Scrolling with arrow keys doesn't work Mac laptop

I upgraded OS with the recent fixes and now I can' scroll with arrow keys.

All the suggestions day this:

Thanks for posting in Apple Support Communities! It sounds like you may have change a setting. Let's check the following:


  1. "Choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, then click Keyboard.
  2. Click Shortcuts.
  3. From the bottom of the preferences window, select the checkbox “Use keyboard navigation to move focus between controls.”'


I get to #3 and I do not see a checkbox as noted and I cannot find that setting anywhere.

Can someone please include screenshots of #3 so I can find this setting?


Here is what I see after I choose "shortcuts" in step #2. (And by the way, the exact button says "keyboard shortcuts"

Posted on Apr 18, 2023 8:52 AM

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Posted on Jun 10, 2024 3:48 PM

Just using the up and down arrows does nothing. However, holding down the Control key along with the up and down arrow keys work fine. I don't know what I changed so that it had to use the Control key but give it a try.


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