Shift button plus I or K causes all text to highlight

Hi, When I'm typing and I do a capital I or K it highlights all the text from behind the cursor and then of course the next button I press deletes it all because it's highlighted. Also happens sometimes but not all with both shift buttons. It seems like a bug as there's inconsistencies for example it's been happening within this paragraph but is not happening in the title paragraph. I have encountered it in mail and pages plus here. Please help as this makes the computer unusable for me. It's a recent thing and not sure if it's last update related.

iMac 24″, macOS 15.3

Posted on Mar 8, 2025 3:41 AM

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Posted on Mar 8, 2025 7:08 AM

Go to Apple > System Settings > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts... > click Restore Defaults > click Done and test.

Note: If you are using custom keyboard shortcuts, then you will need to reset those.


If that does not fix, then your keyboard needs to be tested and replaced if bad.

1) test a different keyboard connected to your iMac.

2) test your keyboard connected to another Mac.

3) take your keyboard to an AASP for testing.

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Mar 8, 2025 7:08 AM in response to KeoBa

Go to Apple > System Settings > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts... > click Restore Defaults > click Done and test.

Note: If you are using custom keyboard shortcuts, then you will need to reset those.


If that does not fix, then your keyboard needs to be tested and replaced if bad.

1) test a different keyboard connected to your iMac.

2) test your keyboard connected to another Mac.

3) take your keyboard to an AASP for testing.

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Shift button plus I or K causes all text to highlight

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