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Eclipse Randomly Does Not Recognize Arrow Keys or Backspace, Spacebar etc

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Mar 15, 20263470 views
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Basically it stops recognizing all non alpha keys. Restarting eclipse does not fix the issue. Rebooting my computer does. I'm using OS X 10.6.4 fully updated. :) Anyone else experience this?

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Fix for: Eclipse Randomly Does Not Recognize Arrow Keys or Backspace, Spacebar etc

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Instead of killing the dock, you need to kill the Finder. To do this, you have to do "Apple + Alt + Escape" which shows you the force quit dialog, select the "Finder" and click "Relaunch". Your keys should be start working again. I suspect it's some…

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