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Bug 772506 - ctrl+backspace doesn't work in core gnome apps under wayland if ctrl+alt+backspace combo is enabled
ctrl+backspace doesn't work in core gnome apps under wayland if ctrl+alt+back...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 754110
Product: mutter
Classification: Core
Component: wayland
3.21.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: mutter-maint
mutter-maint
Depends on:
Blocks: WaylandRelated
 
 
Reported: 2016-10-06 10:58 UTC by Kamil Páral
Modified: 2018-04-23 17:23 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
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Description Kamil Páral 2016-10-06 10:58:47 UTC 
Ctrl+Backspace is used to erase the last word. It works everywhere under X11. Under Wayland, though, it doesn't work in any core gnome apps. These apps were tested:

gedit
nautilus (rename/new dir dialog)
gnome-clocks (add new city dialog)
gnome-maps (search)
gnome-software (search)
gnome-weather (search)
gnome-characters (search)
totem (add url)

But it still works here (even under Wayland):
alt+f2 "run command"
firefox
hexchat

So this doesn't seem to be an universal gtk bug. Therefore reporting against compositor, but honestly I don't really know where to place this.


firefox-49.0-2.fc25.x86_64
gedit-3.22.0-2.fc25.x86_64
gnome-characters-3.22.0-1.fc25.x86_64
gnome-clocks-3.22.0-2.fc25.x86_64
gnome-maps-3.22.0-1.fc25.x86_64
gnome-shell-3.22.0-1.fc25.x86_64
gnome-software-3.22.0-1.fc25.x86_64
gnome-terminal-nautilus-3.22.0-1.fc25.x86_64
gnome-weather-3.20.2-1.fc25.noarch
gtk2-2.24.31-2.fc25.x86_64
gtk3-3.22.0-2.fc25.x86_64
hexchat-2.12.1-4.fc25.x86_64
mutter-3.22.0-2.fc25.x86_64
nautilus-3.22.0-1.fc25.x86_64
totem-3.22.0-1.fc25.x86_64
Comment 1 Olivier Fourdan 2016-10-06 12:23:32 UTC 
Works fine in gedit, gnome-clocks, gnome-software, etc. Basically in any app I tried it worked here.
Comment 2 Kamil Páral 2016-10-06 13:53:12 UTC 
It works for my colleague as well, and when I created a fresh new user account, it also works. So this seems to be a configuration issue.

In my main user account, I tried disabling all shell extensions, disabling all startup apps, uninstalling all testing updates, and it's still broken.

Any idea how to debug why it is broken (and only in certain apps)?
Comment 3 Kamil Páral 2016-10-06 13:58:15 UTC 
Found it. If I enable Ctrl+Alt+Backspace combo in gnome-tweak-tool, Ctrl+Backspace breaks in gedit etc.
Comment 4 Strangiato 2017-12-17 10:25:15 UTC 
Confirmed on Arch Linux, mutter 3.26.2+31+gbf91e2b4c-1
Comment 5 Daniel Stone 2018-01-25 10:24:52 UTC 
-> duplicate of bug #754110
Comment 6 Florian Müllner 2018-01-25 10:30:42 UTC 
Thanks, marking as such.
This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 754110 ***