Scrolling functionality

[Doh]

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Description of the issue:

Over the past 14 days or so, my up/dn scroll keys morphed to a state that they TAB back and forth as oppossed to scrolling up and down.

How can this issue be reproduced?

I do not have the tech knowledge to submit a visual example.

Expected result:

To have my 2 “arrow keys” revert back to their intended function.

Brave Version( check About Brave):
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Version 1.38.111 Chromium: 101.0.4951.54 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Additional Information:

I am using a DELL XPS 13 9360 laptop with Windows 10.

A layman’s description of the issue:

my laptop-keyboard’s scroll keys, i.e., arrow keys - pgup, pgdn no longer scroll, but now act just like the Tab key. They still work correctly on all other browsers I use Edge, Vivaldi, etc., but not on Brave. I suspect this may be a result of a Brave update, if not, can anyone guide me as to how to regain the straight forward scroll (non-tab-linked) functionality? I’ve tried many work-arounds I found on YouTube videos but none worked to correct the issue, i.e., reseting Brave preferences, Filter-key adj, etc,

Thanks, Jack

[289wk]

@Doh ,

In Brave Browser > Settings, there is a Tab Key setting that causes Tab Key action to select only certain parts of a web page.

See if you can find that setting and toggle it.

If no fix, continue herein:

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Not sure, but try . . .

Re a recent Media Keys problem

Hardware Media Keys flags disappeared [possible solution]

Description of the issue: The flag for enabling/disabling the media keys from being used from Brave disappeared from brave://flags. I have found a reddit post which explains a workaround for this problem, which is enabling another flag that make other ones avaiable. How can this issue be reproduced? SImply while playing a video from Youtube or other streaming services, press the play/pause button on your keyboard. If you want to change the behaviour of the media keys, you would normally find…

Media Keys - media key option disappeared/gone/not showing up

Editing this post to make it very clear what the solution is: Go to brave://flags and find “Temporarily unexpire M100 flags”, and enable it. Restart the browser, go back to brave://flags and the Hardware Media Key flag should be there. This worked for me.

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And then try . . .

Go to brave://flags

Make note of any experiments/flags that you have experimented with; then click the Reset all button.

You might be prompted to Restart Brave Browser.

Return to brave://flags and search for Enable De-AMP and select Disable

Go to: brave://net-internals/#dns and click on Clear host cache

Next, go to: brave://net-internals/#sockets and click on both (in succession):

• Close idle sockets
• Flush socket pools

Exit/Quit everything and restart your computer.

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Notes re what are:

DNS cache:

• ‘https://www.lifewire.com/what-is-a-dns-cache-817514’

Socket pool:

With pooling, instead of closing a connection after it is used, we can keep it idle while it waits to handle another request. This saves the resources required to create a new connection.

• Ref. : ‘https://betterprogramming.pub/build-a-tcp-connection-pool-from-scratch-with-go-d7747023fe14’

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[Doh]

I followed your instx but it did not correct the problem. The UP/DN arrow keys continue to tab rather than scroll. BTW, The first suggestion is for Android, not desktop; my issue is for Window 10 desktop as noted in the form submitted for this issue. Please advise if there is any other solution other than a drastic step of a reinstall of Brave. Jack

[Doh]

N.B. The UP/DN arrow keys do work correctly if the FN key is held down simultaneously. I prefer the original assignment, i.e., for the 2 keys to function as a scroll independently (w/o depressing the Fn key). Thx

[Doh]

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I just created a pic. to help visualize the arrow-scroll-keys error. It works this way on every website but in the pic. I used the chrome-flags site to demonstrate the error with Brave on the right-side and a different browser on the left

[Doh]

Not for 'nufin experts but I, a 100% non-tech guy just discovered the solution, It is a Windows 10 feature called “carat browsing.” It is switched on and off by the F7 key.

Can you send me a check for researching this issue and finding a solution?

[rodrige]

I have seen other users reporting the same trouble.

I am using Windows 10 with Brave 1.38.115 and both, arrows and Pg Up, Pg Down work as expected.
I use a HP laptop.

[rodrige]

Bingo.
Yes @Doh , you are right. F7 asks to activate carat browsing. But in my case it works only once. Then it returns back to the normal behaviour.

[Doh]

Hi Ant.

Why not try asking the Google Chrome Community forum how to make the F7 key not revert after one application. They seem to know a lot more about the feature than the Brave Desktop gang. I wish I knew, but I am only a user and not a techie. Best of luck, you have my sincere sympathies. Jack