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I am using Chrome on Mac. I am trying to use arrow keys but they just make the page go up and down. They don't go through to the game at all. 

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https://github.com/Kodiqi/WindowFocusThank you @PelicanPolice!

That information pointed me to a direction. I can confirm that I have the same issue on my Linux machine an Chrome, however things work fine on my Win8.1 machine.

The good news is, I found some sources that point to causes and solutions. 

Basically, some say it's something YoYo Games did in their patch sometime since November 2020. Someone mentioned that a workaround is to programmatically set window focus somewhere somehow someway. I will investigate and if it works, I will spread the news. :)
https://www.reddit.com/r/gamemaker/comments/kfs5cs/keyboard_inputs_no_longer_wor...

https://www.reddit.com/r/gamemaker/comments/lcbyii/html5_game_embedded_in_browse...

https://github.com/Kodiqi/WindowFocus

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The top comment in the top thread you linked is what I had to do for my game and I can confirm it works. Although I am uncertain if it has any side effects and would prefer if Yoyo fixed it natively!