Ctrl+Delete operation is too greedy

[DisgruntledGoat]

Binary package hint: gedit

The Ctrl+Delete action is too greedy, it deletes muc more than I expect and more than any other application I have used.

In gedit, it seems to delete all non-alphanumeric characters, plus the next "word". Normally this function only deletes one set of characters. For example, if you have the string:

..... aaaaa bbbbb

Then using Ctrl+Delete from the start of the line should only delete the punctuation and space. In gedit, however, it also deletes the set of a's.

Similar things happens for Ctrl+Left or Ctrl+Right - the cursor moves a lot further than it should.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thanks for your report, that's something to send directly upstream at http://bugzilla.gnome.org, for forwarding instructions please read http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME, Thanks in advance.

[DisgruntledGoat (scott-vivian)]

Hi Pedro, sorry I'm not sure what you mean. Where do I need to send it and how do I send it there? The "Also affects project" link at the top of this page?

Your links only says how to report a new bug, not "send something upstream". If it's simple enough for yourself or someone experienced to do this, then go ahead.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

You need to report a new bug report upstream yes. That's the way to do it, there's no magic send upstream button.

[Angel Abad (angelabad)]

Switch to gtk+2.0 as Paolo Borelli sais in Gnome Bugzilla!

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the issue is not a gedit one