Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 2832
navigating with arrow keys (Ctrl+Arrows) incorrect in all dialogs
Last modified: 2002-05-17 09:44:32 UTC
Type in any of the open office dialogs a name for e.g. a file such as "file1 in folder X.html". Then try to move the cursor with the keyboard using <Ctrl> + <Left Arrow>. The cursor stops at the first space, i.e., you can only jump from the last to the first position when using the mouse. This applies to ALL dialogs where you can type in a name, except for the file open dialog when you previously have chosen the system dialogs instead of the OpenOffice.org dialog (Tools | Options | OpenOffice.Org | GeneralTab, Open/Save Dialogs)
Hi Kurt, I'm somewhat surprised: If I understand you properly, you complain that in this situation (the '|' should mark the cursor): file in folder X.html| a <Ctrl> + <Left Arrow> leads to file in folder |X.html instead of |file in folder X.html Am I correct?
I think I've found this bug when editing calc cells, also in Win 2000 (I haven't seen this in dialogs). In follow-up to Frank's question and using his example where '|' marks the cursor: First press <F2> to edit cell: file in folder X.html| then a <Ctrl> + <Left Arrow> leads to file in folder X.|html which is correct, but the next <Ctrl> + <Left Arrow> leads to file in folder X.html| ie. the cursor returns to the end of the line instead of: file in folder X|.html Punctuation marks seem to effect it. If there is a non-alphanumeric or space at the end of the string, it seems to go a little further, ie: the quick brown fox| then <Ctrl> + <Left Arrow> the quick brown |fox <Ctrl> + <Left Arrow> the quick brown| fox <Ctrl> + <Left Arrow> the quick brown |fox <Ctrl> + <Left Arrow> the quick brown| fox etc. and the cursor doesn't return to the end of the line but to the beginning of the last word I'm new to OpenOffice bug reporting, so please correct me if I'm off- track.
Nono, you're not off-track, your original report was just somewhat misleading, that's why I asked (and now I'm glad I asked. The alternative I had in mind was ranting about you not recognizing this feature as a feature - as I said, I misunderstood you :). Now that we have a more precise description what your problem is, if you tell us such things as which OOo build, which platform etc. (I think these two may be sufficient for this bug, but in general, the more info you give, the better the chances), we could go reproduce (and hopefully fix) the problem.
Hi Frank - I think you were asking for additional build info. It's already in the issue, but I confirm Windows 2000 SP2, version 641. Note that I only added a comment to the issue reported by Kurt, so I presume that it is relatively easy to reproduce on this platform.
Hi Richard, unfortunately, I was not able to reproduce this on Windows 2000, so I assume that there is more than what you described. I tried this with OpenOffice.org 641C (the most recent snapshot available). I opened a Calc document, pressed F2 on a cell, entered the text ("the quick brown fox") into the cell, and tried the Ctrl+<LeftArrow>. Everything worked as expected. Perhaps our QA has some idea about it .... Stefan?
Reassigned to Éric.
Hi Frank, Richard and Kurt. I could reproduce it in a 641 but it is ok now in a 642. (Frank if you're interested in reproducing it, let me know ;-) )
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