Super weird. I used to always hit Alt+S to submit a DaniWeb form. My Windows 8 installed some Windows Updates, and now it doesn't work: just a 'ding' error noise instead?
Dani 4,329 The Queen of DaniWeb Administrator Featured Poster Premium Member
Oxiegen 88 Basically an Occasional Poster Featured Poster
Have you looked at the key-binding settings?
Perhaps the new updates included either a reset or a new binding for Alt+S.
Have a look at this: http://superuser.com/questions/565520/how-to-modify-key-bindings-in-windows-8
gerbil 216 Industrious Poster
ShiftAltS?
CimmerianX 197 Junior Poster
Alt+S may have been reassigned to another function and this might also depend on the browser you are using. The Alt+letter combo will be reflected in the menu bar by a Underlined Letter. So in Firefox, Alt+F opens the File menu. It is possible that the Alt+S combo has now been assigned to another process in win8.
Required joke:
My Windows 8 installed some Windows Updates
There's your problem right there.... you are running Win 8.
Dani 4,329 The Queen of DaniWeb Administrator Featured Poster Premium Member
I've been using Windows 8 for awhile with no issues. A computer restart seems to have created this issue. I'm using Chrome :(
CimmerianX 197 Junior Poster
Well, if you suspect a patch or other change, you can always revert back to a system restore point at some time prior to when this began.
As a side node. I am typing this from Win7 using Firefox... my Alt+S doesn't "Submit" either. Alt+S opens my History Menu item.
gerbil 216 Industrious Poster
ShiftAltS works with FF to post; AltS functions as Cimmerian said.
In Opera, no combination with S works to do anything.
IE? Haven't a clue.
So with Chrome it is likely a local problem... they removed it in an update.
AltS is used in a few M$ softwares... Office, Outlook...
Ancient Dragon 5,243 Achieved Level 70 Team Colleague Featured Poster
testing
[edit]Alt+S doesn't work for me either on Windows 8/Chrome
Dani 4,329 The Queen of DaniWeb Administrator Featured Poster Premium Member
I just upgraded to Windows 8.1 and it works again. Still using Chrome, so it has nothing to do with IE 10 => IE 11.
<M/> 170 Why so serious? Featured Poster
this may not be very relevant at all but this may help some people later on:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/keyboard-shortcuts
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