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Command-Left/Right Arrow not working

Very strange behavior I'm seeing today.


My left/right arrow keys work. Even Option-Left/Right works correctly.


But, Command-Left-Right do not work. No movement at all.


Curiously, Shift-Command-Left/Right work fine.


I've not changed any keyboard shortcuts recently. I've checked the keyboard shortcuts that are currently defined. Nothing that would indicate a problem, but clearly there is.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Nov 2, 2011 9:24 AM

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Posted on Nov 3, 2011 11:01 AM

The exact same thing just happened to me. Last night command-right-arrow and command-left-arrow allowed me to move multiple columns in Excel, and now they don't. I haven't knowingly changed any settings, and as far as I can tell those commands aren't in use by any system progrma. Command-up-arrow and command-down-arrow still work normally. If anyone can tell me what happened and how to fix it I would be very happy—this is really frustrating.

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Nov 3, 2011 11:01 AM in response to Zonker in Russia

The exact same thing just happened to me. Last night command-right-arrow and command-left-arrow allowed me to move multiple columns in Excel, and now they don't. I haven't knowingly changed any settings, and as far as I can tell those commands aren't in use by any system progrma. Command-up-arrow and command-down-arrow still work normally. If anyone can tell me what happened and how to fix it I would be very happy—this is really frustrating.

Command-Left/Right Arrow not working

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