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Numbers Causing Unintended Tab Navigation in Fabric
Let's say we have opened few items/artifacts(Notebooks, warehouse, etc.,) in a workspace. If we try to type any numbers as part of work, it was switching to that particular tab. Ex: I'm working ...
- This behavior is not a setting you can turn off — it’s a known Fabric UI bug where number keys switch tabs even when ALT is not pressed. Multiple users have reported the exact issue, and Microsoft has acknowledged it.After you click a workspace item (Notebook, SQL endpoint, etc.), Fabric’s UI sometimes enters a mode where number keys (1–9) are interpreted as tab‑switch shortcuts, even though the documented shortcut requires ALT + number. This has been reproduced consistently after ALT+Tabbing away and back, or when some UI element retains keyboard focus incorrectly.
Sometimes this works:
- ALT once, or
- ALT + Shift (better, because it doesn't move focus)
will “reset” the keyboard focus and stop number‑key tab switching
stoic-harsh
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Super UserHi SivaReddy86421,
Apart from the solution given by Thomaslleblanc, I believe number-key navigation is usually associated with browser. Could you try opening Fabric in another browser, and see if it is still causing an issue?
Please do share whatever works for you, so that it helps us all in such scenarios.