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Why can't I type a left parentheses in Cloud Shell?
When I type a Shift+9 (English keyboard) at the Cloud Shell prompt, the cursor stops blinking, becomes a hollow rectangle, and the Cloud Shell window loses mouse focus. No left parentheses appears on the screen. I've tried this in four different browsers and different computers - both PC and Mac - and with different logins. The behavior is the same in all cases - both in Bash and PowerShell. I don't experience this issue when typing any other characters.
What am I missing?
Thanks for pointing this out. Yes, I am able to reproduce this behavior.
I reached out to internal team on this. I will update back on this once I hear back on this.
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II have the same issue.
I am taking a Microsoft Python training course that uses an azure sandbox. When I type open parenthesis, the cursor turns open (as opposed to white filled) and does not accept further keyboard inputs. Clicking on the cursor resumes keyboard functionality. All other keys function as expected. Two ergonomic keyboards and two browsers give same result. I am running Windows MS365 on a Mac mini and am using a MS ergonomic keyboard. I would appreciate any help. Thanks. Fred.
Product team has rolled out fix for this bug and it will be live after 1st July.
Hope this helps.
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Much appreciated, @vipullag-MSFT ! I'll keep an eye out for the fix.
Terrific!!
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I have exactly the same problem! The only solution I came up with, is to copy the "(" symbol to your clipboard, and then paste it in the shell whenever you need to type it.
Thank you. That's a great idea! It works when I right click and then click on "paste" but it doesn't if I try control + V.
@FN Use Ctrl+Shift+V or Shift+Insert to paste it.
Great! Thank you.
Just out of curiosity Piotr, where did you find these handy nuggets?
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It's not working for me as well..
ALT 40 as a workaround
Nice. Works when I type the "40" on the numeric keypad.
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I am also experiencing this issue and it's preventing me from progressing in the course. Any solution?
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Had this issue today with the AZ-104 Azure PowerShell Module. Both left and right parentheses in the Cloud Shell function as described in the original issue. Using Firefox and Arch Linux.
Copy and Paste continues to function as a valid work-around in the meantime.