keyboard layout change prefs CTRL+SHIFT stops ctrl selecting text

[Rocko]

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-input-kbd

Normally when you are editing text, you can select a word by pressing CTRL + SHIFT + left arrow or right arrow.

However, if you set the keyboard layout options to change keyboard layouts upon CTRL + SHIFT, this no longer works. The cursor moves by one word, but does not select the text.

To reproduce:

1. Run gedit, type in a word, and confirm that CTRL + SHIFT + left arrow selects the word (the expected behaviour).

2. Run System / Prefs / Keyboard, choose the Layouts tab, and ensure that at least two keyboard layouts are defined.

3. Click the Layout Options button and drop down 'Key(s) to change layout'. Tick the 'Ctrl + shift' checkbox and untick the other boxes.

4. Back in gedit, go to the end of the word you typed, ensure it isn't selected, and use CTRL + SHIFT + left arrow. This time, the word isn't selected although the cursor moves to the front of the word.

To confirm that this isn't simply a keyboard layout bug, I've repeated the above using 'Shift + Caps lock' instead of 'Ctrl + shift', and selection works fine in both keyboard layouts.

Version info:

Ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-8-generic
xserver-xorg-input-kbd 1:1.3.1-2ubuntu1

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Hi rockorequin,

Please attach the output of `lspci -vvnn`, and attach your /var/log/Xorg.0.log (and maybe Xorg.0.log.old) file from after reproducing this issue. If you've made any customizations to your /etc/X11/xorg.conf please attach that as well.

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[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.

[Rocko (rockorequin)]

Whoops, I missed the request for info.

This bug is definitely still present in the latest Jaunty - I just reproduced it now.

Here's lscpi --vvnn.

[Rocko (rockorequin)]

And Xorg.0.log.

[Rocko (rockorequin)]

And xorg.conf.

[Rocko (rockorequin)]

This bug is still present: I am currently running xserver-xorg-input-kbd version 1:1.3.1-2ubuntu1 (Jaunty beta).

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

Confirmed, but I'm not sure if this is a bug or not (ie. fixable).

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

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Hi Rocko,

This bug was reported against an earlier version of Ubuntu, can you
test if it still occurs on Lucid?

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[Rocko (rockorequin)]

This bug still exists in Lucid.