Can't rename files correctly in Nautilus using alt-gr for special keys

[inertiaO]

I have the Swedish keyboard installed and I cannot use any of these symbols when renaming files in Nautilus @£$€{[]}. To create the symbols I am required to push the Alt-gr button but since the last few Ubuntu releases pressing Alt-gr behaves like a cancel button and returns renaming prompt back to non-edit mode. Has been like this for a long time now.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The issue you are reporting is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug to the developers of the software by following the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME. If you have done so, please tell us the number of the upstream bug (or the link), so we can add a bugwatch that will inform us about its status. Thanks in advance.

[inertiaO (forumreg)]

I think the cause is related to Guake terminal being loaded. If I open Guake and then hide it from view I seem to get this problem with alt-gr if I restart Nautilus.

If I close the terminal completely (not just hide from view) then the problem disappears. There are no shortcut keys in Guake that are assigned to alt-gr so I've no idea why it seems to take control of that key.

I am not sure if this is a Nautilus bug or a Guake bug. The same bug can be found in Nemo but the bug is not exhibited elsewhere (Firefox or any other text entry, for example).

[inertiaO (forumreg)]

I think this bug is Unity related. I created a new user and the bug doesn't exist...so i presume some config file in my home directory is corrupted or wrong.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Could you try if that's still an issue in newer versions?

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