# UP and LEFT keys sporadically not working

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/up-and-left-keys-sporadically-not-working/16982>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [October 12, 2018, 5:57pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/up-and-left-keys-sporadically-not-working/16982 "2018-10-12T17:57:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![w00ks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/94ad74/32.png) [@w00ks](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/w00ks)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 5:57pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/up-and-left-keys-sporadically-not-working/16982/1 "2018-10-12T17:57:07Z")

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Hello, I’m having some trouble getting my UP and LEFT keys to reliably work in the game. Sometimes they just have no feedback when I press them, and sometimes they work as expected. It almost seems like sometimes they get “cached” and then execute quickly all at once. I dunno. My numpad keys do work however, and this would be fine, except some menus only navigate with the UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT keys. It also doesn’t seem to produce any error messages.

If anyone has any Ideas I’m up for trying them. I have already tried getting a new copy of the game, new world, new char, cleaning my keys, making sure they work in other programs.

build:  
Win 10 Home x64  
Intel i7-4510  
8gb RAM

Thanks,

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**Author:** ![Rose](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/rose/32/1963_2.png) [@Rose](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rose)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 6:08pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/up-and-left-keys-sporadically-not-working/16982/2 "2018-10-12T18:08:26Z")

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Just in case, are you sure it’s not your keyboard itself that’s malfunctioning?

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**Author:** ![w00ks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/94ad74/32.png) [@w00ks](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/w00ks)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 6:09pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/up-and-left-keys-sporadically-not-working/16982/3 "2018-10-12T18:09:44Z")

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I’m pretty sure, it doesn’t seem to happen anywhere except in Cata.

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**Author:** ![TheMurderUnicorn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/themurderunicorn/32/5706_2.png) [@TheMurderUnicorn](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheMurderUnicorn)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 10:06pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/up-and-left-keys-sporadically-not-working/16982/4 "2018-10-12T22:06:54Z")

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Do you possibly have a gamepad connected to your computer? When I plug in my xbox controller my mouse and several keys stop working for no obvious reason.

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**Author:** ![w00ks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/94ad74/32.png) [@w00ks](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/w00ks)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 10:09pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/up-and-left-keys-sporadically-not-working/16982/5 "2018-10-12T22:09:44Z")

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Its a touch screen laptop, so I suppose you could consider that an alternative input. But I never have trouble with it, my trackpad, or my wireless mouse with any other program.

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**Author:** ![TheMurderUnicorn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/themurderunicorn/32/5706_2.png) [@TheMurderUnicorn](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheMurderUnicorn)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2018, 10:22pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/up-and-left-keys-sporadically-not-working/16982/6 "2018-10-12T22:22:45Z")

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Yeah, it’s probably not that, then. I specifically asked thinking it might be a USB related issue (because mine is). That wouldn’t be the case with a laptop, I’d think.

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**Author:** ![Vormithrax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bb73d2/32.png) [@Vormithrax](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Vormithrax)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2018, 5:28pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/up-and-left-keys-sporadically-not-working/16982/7 "2018-10-13T17:28:34Z")

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Most issues like this are resolved by running the game in borderless window mode instead of fullscreen. The fullscreen choice has various odd issues with menu’s and key-presses not working properly. Try switching to borderless window mode for the full screen choice in the options menu.