That has to be it! I just tried scroll-lock on PCOMM (I don't have HOD
but they probably share code) and sure enough, it prevents the arrow
keys from working.
Oddly though, I checked on some other Windows programs like MS-Word and
Notepad, and scroll-lock had no effect at all - I could even scroll.
Reminds me of the day the right-hand window in my truck refused to open.
I had the door panel off and the window motor pulled out when my
daughter's boyfriend said, "Hey, your window-lock switch is set". Oops.
On 3/14/2022 9:42 PM, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote:
Good point Attila! I should have thought of that solution, as I have
encountered that exact issue myself more than once but my keyboard (M$ Natural,
the older version with all the extra media buttons) actually has a Scroll Lock
key and I have accidentally pressed it more than once and wondered WTF?
PEBKAC. Checking the Scroll Lock light on my keyboard is the signal that I
missed when I have done it to myself, but Steve's keyboard may or may not have
one of those if the key itself is not there.
In Steve's case, you may have hit the nail on the head - the mapping for Scroll
Lock changed unexpectedly and it unintentionally got pressed.
Peter
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of
Attila Fogarasi
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2022 12:13 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: HOD Keyboard weirdness
Sounds like the dreaded Windows Scroll lock key. Pressing that will disable
the arrow keys until Scroll lock is turned off. Now chances are your keyboard
doesn't have a scroll lock key (most modern keyboards have dropped it as it
does more harm than good), but Windows still has it internally. You can access
it using the On-Screen Keyboard in Windows.
Possibly the pushed software has changed keyboard mappings so that some other
key that you innocently use has become the Scroll Lock key. Make sure it is
off and see if your problem is fixed. PS. this has nothing to do with HOD or
anything mainframe :)
On Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 8:36 AM Steve Thompson <ste...@wkyr.net> wrote:
Hi all:
A few weeks ago at a client site, they force installed software on end
user computers (owned by the client) and since then I've been having
odd issues with HOD (Host on Demand - 3270 emulator).
Today, arrow keys are not working. And if you get into the keyboard
configuration system, you can click on "Search for a key" and it will
go to the line where that key is defined so you know what HOD thinks
it is for.
Well, the arrow keys stopped working. So these are supposedly cursor
movement keys. And striking one of them gets no response (in HOD).
They do work outside of HOD>
Last time this happened it was the right "Alt" key being ignored
(which I have defined as <Reset>. I remap a keyboard to as much as
possible emulate a true 3270 keyboard. I rebooted, I reloaded, and
didn't make a difference. Someone had me reset the key, and then it
started working. No Joy today.
Right+ALT is behaving today. But not the arrow keys.
This seems to be something going on with Windows.
Any ideas of how to cure this thing (NO, I do not have the option of
running other than HOD).
Regards,
Steve Thompson
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