# After switching the keyboard input source, the up and down arrow keys can no longer prompt for historical records

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**Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\
**Tags:** rocky-linux-8\
**Created:** [July 11, 2024, 9:21am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/after-switching-the-keyboard-input-source-the-up-and-down-arrow-keys-can-no-longer-prompt-for-historical-records/15020 "2024-07-11T09:21:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![alan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/alan/32/4397_2.png) [@alan](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/alan)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 9:21am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/after-switching-the-keyboard-input-source-the-up-and-down-arrow-keys-can-no-longer-prompt-for-historical-records/15020/1 "2024-07-11T09:21:02Z")

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Hi:

I’m currently using Rocky Linux 8.10.  
I added Chinese (New Zhuyin) to the keyboard input source, but every time I switch the input source, the original up and down arrow keys on the keyboard can no longer view the history smoothly, but are changed to print english capital letters ABCD.

After this problem occurs, even if you restart a new gnome-shell, it cannot be solved.

My input sources looks like this:  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/2X/3/3dde9c09169a902bee731c3ad618bcf3f452a2b3.png)

How can I resolve this situation?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![alan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/alan/32/4397_2.png) [@alan](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/alan)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2024, 9:50am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/after-switching-the-keyboard-input-source-the-up-and-down-arrow-keys-can-no-longer-prompt-for-historical-records/15020/2 "2024-07-12T09:50:56Z")

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There is currently a solution for [Kali Linux](https://teresa11000.medium.com/kali-linux-terminal-gets-abcd-while-pressing-arrow-keys-instead-of-fetching-previous-commands-of-ffe810b5b99), but this method cannot be applied to Rocky Linux.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/1X/91b7219eec10e30013422e4df76c1d898711a5d5.svg) [@system](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2024, 9:51am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/after-switching-the-keyboard-input-source-the-up-and-down-arrow-keys-can-no-longer-prompt-for-historical-records/15020/3 "2024-09-10T09:51:18Z")

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