Enter key non responsive in PMs

[kwalka]

Recently 7 out of 10 times I attempt to respond or even send a new PM my enter keys will not work. If I try to use the space bar to move the cursor it disappears off the right side of the page and never comes back. I have tried diff browsers. Very strange. BTW my keyboard is new and in perfect working order. Any thoughts?

 

[Liscab]

Recently 7 out of 10 times I attempt to respond or even send a new PM my enter keys will not work. If I try to use the space bar to move the cursor it disappears off the right side of the page and never comes back. I have tried diff browsers. Very strange. BTW my keyboard is new and in perfect working order. Any thoughts?

it is not a problem of the forum. try to restart your PC it might help,

and one question is this only happening on the PMs ?

 

[zapped]

pms are working fine for me

 

[oldsoldier]

The first step to troubleshooting is to clear your cookies and cache. if this doesn't help you next need to disable your browser plugins and extensions one by one until you find the one causing the problem.

 

[kwalka]

The first step to troubleshooting is to clear your cookies and cache. if this doesn't help you next need to disable your browser plugins and extensions one by one until you find the one causing the problem.

I have disabled everything and it is still happening. Also cleared cache & cookies. I am trying to send a PM right now with pics and I cant because I can't switch lines. I have tried 10 times w diff browsers and disabling 1 by 1 till it's all disabled. Pulling hair out...

 

[kwalka]

I just unsubscribed to a thread and when it opened ECf to give me that message I tried to go to PMs and now it is working. BTW b4 when I was disabling everything I was opening new instances of ECF each time to reset the browser.

 

[Cool_Breeze]

kwalka - the same was happening to me. ...cleared up here as well. I've been using IE 10 for Windows 7.

 

[kwalka]

I've been having the problem with Chrome and IE. IDK if I have IE 9 or 10 tho... But its driving me nuts. Every 3 out of 5 PMs it's happening for weeks. Win 7

 

[tmcase]

This is a long shot but are you using a wireless keyboard? I was using a wireless and got all kinds of strange things happening so I went back to a corded keyboard.

 

[tiburonfirst]

I've been having the problem with Chrome and IE. IDK if I have IE 9 or 10 tho... But its driving me nuts. Every 3 out of 5 PMs it's happening for weeks. Win 7

ken, when you're in ie click on 'help' in the upper bar, scroll down to 'about ie' this will give you the version and if it is up-to-date. but i agree with tm, since it happens intermittently it seems more of a hardware issue.

 

[kwalka]

This is a long shot but are you using a wireless keyboard? I was using a wireless and got all kinds of strange things happening so I went back to a corded keyboard.

tried it with both. It does it with both. I use wired, I borrowed my daughter's wireless to try it out.

ken, when you're in ie click on 'help' in the upper bar, scroll down to 'about ie' this will give you the version and if it is up-to-date. but i agree with tm, since it happens intermittently it seems more of a hardware issue.

It does it in IE also, I primarily use Chrome. I just went 2 days w/o an issue.. Today it started again...

 

[tiburonfirst]

have you tried troubleshooting the keyboard through the device manager? if it happens and then stops it does not sound like a software issue ......

 

[tmcase]

tried it with both. It does it with both. I use wired, I borrowed my daughter's wireless to try it out.



It does it in IE also, I primarily use Chrome. I just went 2 days w/o an issue.. Today it started again...

Have you tried using a different ECF skin? I think that's what they call the different color schemes. Down in the lower left hand corner of each page.

 

[kwalka]

have you tried troubleshooting the keyboard through the device manager? if it happens and then stops it does not sound like a software issue ......

just checked, it says the driver is the newest...

Have you tried using a different ECF skin? I think that's what they call the different color schemes. Down in the lower left hand corner of each page.

No, but I will.

 

[tiburonfirst]

fingers crossed! i believe ecf1 is the skin with the most support

 

[kwalka]

I was on Kirsch or close to that. I didn't realize that the look could effect performance.

 

[tiburonfirst]

kirsch is no longer supported and ran into problems during the last forum update. always best to go with the default skin. surprising though that it seemed to work for you some of the time.
i used to use kirsch but something went wrong with the search function so i switched

 

[kwalka]

I've experienced all kinds of little weird things. Why is it an option if it doesn't work properly?

 

[tmcase]

I've experienced all kinds of little weird things. Why is it an option if it doesn't work properly?

That would be a good question for the admins.

 

[tiburonfirst]

because a lot of people like it

i'm surprised you didn't catch this when it came up. it's been so long now i'd never have thought of it today.
for tm!