Windows 10: My mouse pointer moves using arrow keys only when I am typing

Discus and support My mouse pointer moves using arrow keys only when I am typing in Windows 10 Customization to solve the problem; I don't know how this happened but now when I am typing in a text field and try to move my typing pointer the blinking line using arrow keys, my mouse... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Customization' started by Abhijatya Gupta, Jun 16, 2020.

  1. ABHIJATYA GUPTA
    Abhijatya Gupta Win User

    My mouse pointer moves using arrow keys only when I am typing


    I don't know how this happened but now when I am typing in a text field and try to move my typing pointer the blinking line using arrow keys, my mouse pointer also moves along in that direction as if the accessibility controls to control mouse using arrow keys were enabled. I checked these settings and found the accessibility controls off. And this is happening on every text field, any place where I can type notepad, address bar, windows search, VS Code, etc. Even right now as I am typing this. Please tell me how I can turn this off. It distracts me so much.

    :)
     
    Abhijatya Gupta, Jun 16, 2020
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  2. ZDIMENSION
    zdimension Win User

    Mouse pointer moving on arrow keys pressed

    I'm encountering a strange problem on my W10 computer, for a few days my arrow keys have been "driving" my mouse pointer. Pressing the left arrow key will move the pointer a few pixels left, etc.

    The first thing that came to my mind was "oh well, I must have enabled Mouse Keys inadvertently". But Mouse Keys use the numpad and even then, it's not enabled. Rebooting doesn't help, but I've noticed it doesn't happen if the current window is ran as another user (Administrator) or if it's the Task Manager, which suggests the event filter that's catching the key press events is only active on my UID.

    I've tried killing various processes but I'm running out of ideas. I'm fairly sure it's a dumb issue but it's been driving me nuts.
     
    zdimension, Jun 16, 2020
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  3. ZDIMENSION
    zdimension Win User
    Mouse pointer moving on arrow keys pressed

    Tried killing all running processes on my PC till the problem went away and I can now say for sure the culprit was...

    Microsoft Paint

    (classic Win32 one)

    Apparently it's got a feature that allows moving the mouse pointer using arrow keys, and for some reason sometimes it doesn't stop listening when the window loses focus, so Paint was running in the background since I often use it and it was still doing its job of moving the mouse.
     
    zdimension, Jun 16, 2020
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  4. MINTIOUSLY
    Mintiously Win User

    My mouse pointer moves using arrow keys only when I am typing

    Arrow keys keep moving the mouse, but I don't have mouse keys on.

    Title. Every time I touch the arrow keys, my mouse's pointer moves. I don't know how to fix this, can someone help me?
     
    Mintiously, Jun 16, 2020
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