# Google and Menu Bar **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 30, 2008, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-and-menu-bar/470304 "2008-10-30T19:41:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![robcaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@robcaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robcaro)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-and-menu-bar/470304/1 "2008-10-30T19:41:16Z")
I have a little problem with Google and my Menu Bar. Whenever I type something in Google for a search, and type one of the letters " f t v b a o w h" it immediately pulls down one of the menus for “File Edit View Bookmarks AutoFill Tools Windows or Help”. Makes it difficult to use Google. Anybody know why this is happening? ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-and-menu-bar/470304/2 "2008-10-30T19:56:09Z")
Your Alt key is stuck. ---
**Author:** ![robcaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@robcaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robcaro)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-and-menu-bar/470304/3 "2008-10-30T20:50:25Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > Your Alt key is stuck. Nope, that is not what is happening. Alt key is free. ---
**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-and-menu-bar/470304/4 "2008-10-30T20:55:23Z")
> [@robcaro](#): > > Nope, that is not what is happening. Alt key is free. It may appear to be free, but it’s getting stuck electronically. If you hit alt-\ it does exactly what you’re talking about. Regardless of the presence of the Google Toolbar. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-and-menu-bar/470304/5 "2008-10-30T20:56:21Z")
Any chance you have some kind of disability assistance option turned on that would cause your computer to act as though your ALT key was stuck? ---
**Author:** ![robcaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@robcaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robcaro)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-and-menu-bar/470304/6 "2008-10-30T21:24:29Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Any chance you have some kind of disability assistance option turned on that would cause your computer to act as though your ALT key was stuck? I don’t think I have a disability assistance option turned on, but will check it out. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-and-menu-bar/470304/7 "2008-10-30T21:24:59Z")
If not that, have you tried rebooting? ---
**Author:** ![robcaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@robcaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robcaro)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-and-menu-bar/470304/8 "2008-10-30T21:34:03Z")
I looked for the disability option, but cannot find it. Can anyone help me to find it? ---
**Author:** ![robcaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@robcaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robcaro)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-and-menu-bar/470304/9 "2008-10-30T21:39:08Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > If not that, have you tried rebooting? Rebooting doesn’t help. ---
**Author:** ![robcaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@robcaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robcaro)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-and-menu-bar/470304/10 "2008-10-30T21:53:31Z")
I should have mentioned. I am using Avant Browser, which I like. All is well with Internet Explorer. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-and-menu-bar/470304/11 "2008-10-30T22:01:23Z")
Have you tried upgrading to the latest version of Avant? My quick Google searching suggests that there may be bugs in earlier versions. ---
**Author:** ![robcaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@robcaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robcaro)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-and-menu-bar/470304/12 "2008-10-30T22:15:06Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Have you tried upgrading to the latest version of Avant? My quick Google searching suggests that there may be bugs in earlier versions. I currently have the latest version. 11.7 Build 15. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-and-menu-bar/470304/13 "2008-10-30T22:17:29Z")
I got nothin’. ---
**Author:** ![robcaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@robcaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robcaro)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-and-menu-bar/470304/14 "2008-10-30T22:22:29Z")
Thanks for nothin’. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-and-menu-bar/470304/15 "2008-10-30T23:34:43Z")
> [@robcaro](#): > > I looked for the disability option, but cannot find it. Can anyone help me to find it? Accessibility Options in the Control Panel(classic view) - there’s a utility called ‘stickykeys’ that, if enabled, might be causing the problem you describe. ---
**Author:** ![robcaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@robcaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robcaro)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-and-menu-bar/470304/16 "2008-10-31T00:02:08Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Accessibility Options in the Control Panel(classic view) - there’s a utility called ‘stickykeys’ that, if enabled, might be causing the problem you describe. Nope, I don’t have anything in Accessibility Options checked. Perhaps it is just the way Google works in Avant Browser.😕