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Bug 410300
Opened 17 years ago
Updated 2 years ago
[non-English keyboard layout] Ctrl+] keyboard shortcut (aka Ctrl+AltGr+9) doesn't indent
Categories
(Thunderbird :: Message Compose Window, defect)
Tracking
(Not tracked)
NEW
People
(Reporter: mikel, Unassigned)
References
(Blocks 1 open bug)
Details
Running Thunderbird version 2.0.0.9 (20071031) on Windows Vista, if I edit a draft message, select some text, then press Ctrl+], nothing happens, but going to Format->Increase Indent works. They should have the same effect.
Comment 1•11 years ago
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tested TB version 2.0.0.24 (20100228) tested TB 24.0a1 (2013-05-16) * English keyboard layout: wfm * German keyboard layout confirming as a bug: I'm on a German keyboard layout where ] and [ alone already require pressing Ctrl+Alt, because they are the tertiary characters of 8 and 9 keys in top row. So I'm not actually sure what to press to get Ctrl+(Ctrl+Alt+8/9). Any advice? (Perhaps this requires different shortcuts for non-English keyboard layouts?)
Flags: needinfo?
OS: Windows Vista → All
Hardware: x86 → All
Whiteboard: [good first bug]
Version: 2.0 → Trunk
Updated•11 years ago
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Summary: Ctrl+] doesn't indent → [non-English keyboard layout] Ctrl+] doesn't indent
Comment 2•11 years ago
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(In reply to Thomas D. from comment #1) > * German keyboard layout > confirming as a bug: > > I'm on a German keyboard layout where ] and [ alone already require pressing > Ctrl+Alt, because they are the tertiary characters of 8 and 9 keys in top > row. So I'm not actually sure what to press to get Ctrl+(Ctrl+Alt+8/9). > Any advice? ...where Ctrl+Alt is same as [Alt Gr] key on German keyboards. I think it's impossible to press Ctrl+[ on German keyboards, but I'd like to hear what others think.
Severity: normal → minor
Flags: needinfo?
Updated•11 years ago
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Flags: needinfo?
Comment 3•11 years ago
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The Finnish keyboard is almost the same as the German. {[]} and so on are accessed with AltGr, i never used Ctrl+Alt to simulate AltGr and indeed it doesn't seem to work at least on linux. Since AltGr works I'd be tempted to just leave this as is.
Flags: needinfo?
Whiteboard: [good first bug]
Comment 4•11 years ago
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(In reply to Magnus Melin from comment #3) > The Finnish keyboard is almost the same as the German. {[]} and so on are > accessed with AltGr, i never used Ctrl+Alt to simulate AltGr and indeed it > doesn't seem to work at least on linux. > > Since AltGr works I'd be tempted to just leave this as is. Thanks Magnus for quick reply. I'm not sure I understand: - Leave what as is? - And what doesn't work? - And what exactly works for you? Does the shortcut work to trigger indenting? - If yes, what keys are you pressing? My problem is that I don't know which keys I should press to get the shortcut which TB expects to be Ctrl+]; I tried many combinations and none work to trigger indenting. Should I press: Ctrl+AltGr+]? (where ] is the number key which has 9 and ] on it) Will TB internally recognize that as Ctrl+]?
Updated•11 years ago
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Flags: needinfo?(mkmelin+mozilla)
Comment 5•11 years ago
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On linux I can press Ctrl + AltGr + 9 to indent. Apparently that doesn't work on windows though. (Googling suggest the AltGr+ numbers may often be taken system wide by various drivers.) The "leave as is" was for if it's only that you can't simulate AltGr with Ctrl+Alt and get the shortcut - while AltGr itself would work.
Flags: needinfo?(mkmelin+mozilla)
Updated•11 years ago
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Blocks: tb-keyboard-tracker
Summary: [non-English keyboard layout] Ctrl+] doesn't indent → [non-English keyboard layout] Ctrl+] keyboard shortcut (aka Ctrl+AltGr+9) doesn't indent
Updated•11 years ago
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OS: All → Windows 7
I tried this on a non-English keyboard layout on Linux and when trying Ctrl+AltGr+] (AltGr+] being the combination that produces ] on this layout), the indenting does work.
Updated•2 years ago
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Severity: minor → S4
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