Weird Keyboard Issue... Can't Type a Question Mark

[wakasm]

This is a weird misc issue.

I've tried asking on the wow forums, I've opened a ticket, I've tried a few other places, but since the multiboxing community is the smartest group of people most of the time, (maybe all the time!) maybe you can solve this weird issue I have.

I don't know when this started, but I only recently started noticing it.

It only happens in wow.

When I type a Question Mark - "?" - I get a | instead, as if I am typing shift + \, instead of shift + /



At first, I thought it was something I messed up in isboxer - but it does it with all keymaps off.
I then thought it would be an add-on issue, so I tried turning them all off, rebooting, and restarting.
I use a G510s, and looked through all those settings, and can't find anything.
I've looked in the wow interface, but it only seems to happen when I type in chat. It does it for all 5 toons.
It works fine outside of world of warcraft. See, I can type ????????? all day long here.
ESET NOD Antivirus 6.0.3+ and scans show nothing weird.
I've looked in control panel for some weird kind of language setting on Windows 7.


When I try to set a hotkey in the wow interface, and try to set it as a question mark, it does show it set as shift + \

It's driving me nuts. I've tried many different searches on the subject, but I haven't found anything speciifc.

I was hoping there was something maybe someone here would know.

If not, feel free to move or delete this thread.

wakasm

[Khatovar]

There's a bunch of suggestions here you can try -

http://en.kioskea.net/forum/affich-104394-shift-key-typing-wrong-sign

[JohnGabriel]

You can try backing up then deleting the cache, Interface, and WTF folders.

[HPAVC]

as someone who travels all over the world and uses lot of shitty keyboards this sounds a lot of like a localization issue "Control Panel -> Region and Language" ... left alt + shift is that keystoke by default. make sure format (english), location (us), keyboard () and language (english-us,us) is right (my settings). in the last tab is has a 'copy settings' button that will show you all the settings on one page.

the arabic keyboard has a pipe for a left shift key.

if you have the flag app on your toolbar this is also where you rid yourself of it.

[wakasm]

Thanks for the advice. So, most of the options here I tried before (and again to be sure I wasn't missing something)

This comment is the first clue where I've seen something different..


... left alt + shift from HPAVE

When I alt + shift + /, in wow I finally get a "?".

In addition, I just want to reiterate this is only an issue in wow, and not in any other program. (Tried steam, a few games, email, browsers, etc). Keyboard Logitech G510s works normally in everything else. Tried this even after reinstalling, clearing the cache, interface, and wtf folder.

At least now I can get a ? mark in game, even if it's not normally how to do it, but it will still bug me forever why this is a WoW issue, and why it just started recently.

Here is a screenshot of my language settings, in case anything calls out as being off.

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[Ughmahedhurtz]

That Hot keys for input languages switch key sequence means it is switching when you press it. There is probably a hidden tray icon that shows you what language/locale you're set to. Those locale settings can be tough to noodle out and yes, they don't apply consistently especially in D3D programs unless the devs are conscious of it.

I remember having to do localization testing at Compaq/HP. What a pain in the ass.