CTRL key = Primary ... sometimes

[Adi Dobrota]

freshly installed Ubuntu 12.04 and gnome-shell, using gnome with no effects

gnome-control-center:
  Installed: 1:3.4.2-0ubuntu0.2
  Candidate: 1:3.4.2-0ubuntu0.2

left CTRL key seems to be "interpreted" as PRIMARY key, however it only happens in certain enviroments
for example in firefox left CTRL + T does NOT open a new tab, it needs right CTRL + T , however left CTRL + click a link DOES correctly open the link in a new tab. Same key seems to be interpreted differently by the same application (firefox in this case)

same thing applies to keyboard shortcuts - I defined CTRL + F1 = move window to workspace 1, but only right control works, left control doesn't.
CTRL+ALT+T for open terminal works with left CTRL
CTRL+C or V for copy/paste does not work with left CTRL in any enviroment.

anyone else experiencing this?

no, this doesn't seem to me to be:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/936840

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

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[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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