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[Oblivious]

Which buttons to navigate the comms panel?

Hi...
You know that comms panel that opens up with the 2 key (which I think is the default)?

Yeah, that one, at the upper left of the HUD...

Well what are the key options called in the Options menu to use to navigate through the selections?

If I press 2, the panel opens up, but if I try to use the E,Q,A, or D keys (or any other keys for that matter, it just types those letters into the chat box. Same with all other keys too, I'm afraid...

I know I must have overwritten something, as it was working just fine before when I was using my T Flight HOTAS - the nav buttons were apparently mapped to a few of the buttons on the throttle, but the other day I got an X52 Pro, and proceeded to redo all my options, but now I can't figure out what those options are actually *labelled as* in the Options menu in order to reset them to something else.

Thanks.

EDIT:

I edited my post title since I now know the 'chat window thingy' is called the Comms Panel, which I couldn't remember before, but the title edit changes haven't been reflected in the forum... is that normal?

 

[Undecided]

Press escape once to unfocus on the chat itself. That will allow you to navigate the panel with the keys.

Press enter with the far left tab selected to return to text entry.

 

[TiberiuS]

You can also disable the 'auto focus' on chat in the options somewhere and don't have to hit esc fist to navigate.

 

[Oblivious]

Ahhh... thanks guys. Works perfectly.