'ctrl+shift+right/left arrow' does not select the word

[Miroslav Hadzhiev]

Hitting 'ctrl+shift+right/left arrow' combination does not select the whole next/previous word in the text, no matter of the application used.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Dec 23 20:40:20 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
Package: libgnome2-0 2.28.0-0ubuntu3
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-generic
SourcePackage: libgnome
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic x86_64

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

thank you for your bug report, that works fine in gedit there, where did you try?

[Miroslav Hadzhiev (xtigyro)]

here it does not work neither in "gedit", nor in any other application. When the described keys are hit, the only thing it does is to jump after the word without marking (selecting) it.

[Miroslav Hadzhiev (xtigyro)]

The bug is connected with my hardware and/or keyboard (laptop HP NX9420 rh450ea - http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3176 ).

Actually GNOME does not recognize hitting simultaneously "ctrl+shift" keys. I've tried assigning a key combination in "Keyboard Shortcuts" and when I hit "ctrl+shift+escape", the program shows that I press "ctrl+escape" only. The shift key works when it is hit and the "shift + escape" combination is recognized, too.

[Sergei S. Rublëv (s-s-rublev)]

I had similar problem in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and it turned out also that the problem is hardware, see also
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/yelp/+question/95753

[Miroslav Hadzhiev (xtigyro)]

Nope.

Actually the problem is GNOME related. If you adjust the keyboard layout to be change with "Ctrl+Shift" (and not as is by default with "Alt+Shift"), these keys are blocked by GNOME and the keyboard layout changer.

[Miroslav Hadzhiev (xtigyro)]

The same problem happens under Lucid, too.

[Constantine (theaspect)]

➜ ~ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=13.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=saucy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 13.10"

If I set change keyboard layout to ctrl+shift I cannot slect words with shift+ctrl+arrow

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.