escape key not working?

My UI works perfectly fine except occasionally my escape key will stop working and I have to reload my ui.

Has anyone else encountered this problem and know what it is or how I can solve it?

I use Bartender, DHUD3, and Xperl.
I just started having this problem last night. Reloading resolved the problem the first couple times, but now it doesn't. I haven't changed any addons and the Escape button is still properly keybound in keybindings. Did you ever resolve this?
Has anyone resolved this, my esc key just stopped working, very annoying. I have tried reloading and restarting my computer. I know it isn't a major thing, but you would be suprised how often you realize you use when it stops working. FYI its only in WOW that it isn't working, and no I do not even have photoshop installed on my computer so i know it isn't that causing the error.

Thanks
Are you certain it isn't a hardware problem? As in your key isn't busted?
Did you possibly remap it while keybinding?
Well now i feel like an idiot. I knew it wasn't a hardware issue or a broken key, I just got this keyboard a week ago, Corsair K90, and the escape key worked outside the game just fine. I had already checked my key bindings and didn't see anything that should effect the esc key. I even checked that my control frame for my WOW mouse buttons wasn't contradicting something in game. I just went in and reset the keybindings to default, and hallelujah, it works again. Thanks guys.
whens the last time you punched your keyboard a few times in rage?
12/27/2012 09:33 AMPosted by Holyceline
Well now i feel like an idiot. I knew it wasn't a hardware issue or a broken key, I just got this keyboard a week ago, Corsair K90, and the escape key worked outside the game just fine. I had already checked my key bindings and didn't see anything that should effect the esc key. I even checked that my control frame for my WOW mouse buttons wasn't contradicting something in game. I just went in and reset the keybindings to default, and hallelujah, it works again. Thanks guys.


I've had to do this same thing not paying attention while binding.
My ESC its not working also and in other games work -_-.
/run SetBinding("ESCAPE","TOGGLEGAMEMENU") SaveBindings(GetCurrentBindingSet())
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whens the last time you punched your keyboard a few times in rage?


Don't do it to a K90, it's too expensive!
I once had this issue when my keyboard switched into multilingual, check to make sure all languages for your keyboard are deleted aside from the us standard =) if that's not the issue, then I wish you luck!

Cheers,
Droth
Close any other program you have up, such as, Photoshop, that gave me issues until i closed it, then my esc key worked again.
Close any other program you have up, such as, Photoshop, that gave me issues until i closed it, then my esc key worked again.


Oh wow! As soon as I closed Photoshop my escape key started working again. I didn't have to reload WoW or anything. How did you realize it was Photoshop causing this? I never would have guessed!

I have been having this problem a lot over the past week or two and I thought I must have changed my bindings by mistake. After I ruled out my key bindings, I thought it was my keyboard. I am glad I know what it is now.

You're a life saver Asageh! Thanks heaps!!
12/02/2013 12:27 PMPosted by Asageh
Close any other program you have up, such as, Photoshop, that gave me issues until i closed it, then my esc key worked again.


Yep I can confirm closing Photoshop worked for me also. How weird.....
This happens all the time to me. Literally the most annoying key to not have work lol.
For me the problem was from running catalyst (AMD's video card control center) and photoshop at the same time. Apparently they both hook the escape key somehow and interfere with each other.

Since catalyst doesn't really need to be running, you can prevent it from starting at startup by typing "msconfig" into the start menu, going to the Startup tab and unchecking it.
12/02/2013 12:27 PMPosted by Asageh
Close any other program you have up, such as, Photoshop, that gave me issues until i closed it, then my esc key worked again.


Well I'll be... that worked.
My issue was with Photoshop as well. THANK YOU!
Yep, it was Photoshop for me. Dafuq?