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ctrl + shift + arrow up/down not working
Hi,
I've been using excel a lot on my work computer with shortcut as ctrl+shift+arrows.
I'm now working from home and using my personnal laptop but for an unkowned reason.
The must have shortcut ctrl+shift+down, sometimes up as well is not working.
My keys are working perfectly and other things the arrow keys are working like : the shortcut ctrl+up/down to go direct at the end of a row.
I've search on google some solutions like :
- Disable the Transition Navigation Keys (on excel Lotus Compatibility options)
- Make sure the scroll lock is not on
- Disable addon/addin in the excel option
All those solution haven't work.
Could you help me find one as this shortcut is essential for my work.
Thank you,
Edgar
- Hello I have solved this problem by uninstalling razor cortex from my computer, it was blocking the use of Ctl+Shift+Down but nothing else
where can I find the razor contex?
I had this problem for a full week, where control+shift+down arrow wouldn't work anywhere (Excel, Word, etc), but if you change the arrow to left, right or up, it would work as intended.
I read in a forum that the Youtube Music App had stolen that shortcut for a user, and disabling it fixed the problem, so I tried closing one by one the programs that launch on the background on startup, and surprise surprise, the Razer Cortex app had a shortcut using control+shift+down for starting a timer. I disabled that shortcut directly on the app, and that fixed everything in Excel and Word.
My recommendation is that you start closing one by one the programs running in the background, and checking when your shortcut starts working again.
Hope it helps! edgarsicat
- Thank you so much! I probably would've figured it out eventually, but only after a huge amount of frustration.
- Also made an account just to say, thanks man. This was indeed the issue.
Razer Cortex > Settings > Hotkeys > Start a new timer.
Thanks again! - Thank you for sharing your solution!
I've been in a full week having this issue and same culprit for me, it is Razer Cortex.
- Sorry for replying to this older thread, but just in case anyone else runs into this, make sure there isn't any other program running that steals this shortcut. In my case it was YouTube Music for Desktop. I finally realized an issue when I was repeatedly pushing Ctrl+Shft+Down, and the volume of my music was decreasing. I disabled the shortcut in YouTube Music, and the shortcut started working again immediately in Excel.
- I'm sure this is my problem, too, but I have no clue what the offending program might be. Sigh.
I solved this issue by unchecking the Lotus compatibility navigation keys in the Options/Advanced
RyanBlake56 This worked. Thank you!
RyanBlake56 Just wanted to say THANK YOU... This post has saved me SOO much headache and frustration. I couldn't figure out what was causing this issue and was racking my brains because I'm a keyboard guy trying to work without that functionality... As soon as I saw your post I knew I had the same cause (Installed Youtube Music a few weeks ago but didn't connect the two). Thanks again.
As variant, laptops are usually with a lot of preinstalled utilities never used. One of them could use ctrl+shift+down on system level, if so it won't work within other apps.
Hello edgarsicat,
This may sound trivial... but do each of these keys work separately? Perhaps this could be a keyboard issue.
Hi,
Yes all my keyboard keys works including the arrows key.
For instance even the shortcut ctrl + arrow to go directly at the end works.
only the ctrl + shift + up/down doesn't works
With the permission of all involved and your understanding,
I suspect that the "permanent shift key" (the one via Shift) is not permanently switched on.
so we go to the next step:
Tools - Options - Advanced - Lotus Compatibility -
Switch the checkbox Alternative movement keys activated.
There must be no tick, remove if there is a tick.
Maybe changed by mistake?
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If it is not and the problem persists maybe connect an external keyboard and see if it works.
Could be a keyboard problem.
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For you and the technician you trust ... just kidding :)) ... think it will work.
I would be happy to know if I could help.
Nikolino
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