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Command Right/Left stopped working

Don't know why or how, but the shortcuts command-right and command-left are not working any more.


and when I go to the keyboard viewer, and press on of those, the arrows key don't get highlighted. (without command pressed they do).


Any ideas?

Mac book pro 15' mid 2010, Mac OS X (10.6.6)

Posted on Sep 21, 2011 7:08 AM

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Posted on Jun 12, 2017 11:53 AM

I found s solution, so I'll leave it here for anyone who's having my same issue.


I had swapped Command and Control and under System Settings > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Mission Control the shortcut Control+Left and Control+Right were being used by mission control. I unchecked those two shortcuts (because I don't use Mission Control), but changing them to something else would do the trick as well.

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Jun 12, 2017 11:53 AM in response to edjuaro

I found s solution, so I'll leave it here for anyone who's having my same issue.


I had swapped Command and Control and under System Settings > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Mission Control the shortcut Control+Left and Control+Right were being used by mission control. I unchecked those two shortcuts (because I don't use Mission Control), but changing them to something else would do the trick as well.

Jul 13, 2017 12:52 AM in response to edjuaro

I recently played with the Mission Control keys and assigned desktop moving keys to shift+command+arrow, which caused the issue.


Switching the keys to Alt+arrow didn't help, since the keys got un-assigned from somewhere else the keyboar shortcuts don't show.


What worked for me was to reset shortcuts and re-assign my mission shortcuts straight to alt+arrow.

Command Right/Left stopped working

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