946626 - Control + arrow keys shortcut not functioning

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Core :: DOM: UI Events & Focus Handling, defect)

Description

[Paul]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:28.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/28.0 (Beta/Release)
Build ID: 20131203030202

Steps to reproduce:

In any text field, be it in the browser or on the webpage, the ctrl+left/right keys shortcut to skip words and ctrl+up/down keys to skip paragraphs were not functioning.
Some specific examples of this are here, in this field, the URL bar, the search bar, and even in Google docs, and Facebook status/comment update. Essentially, any place where one can enter text.


Actual results:

Ctrl+arrows keys resulted in, well, nothing happening. The cursor's blink rate was unaffected and continue to blink as if no button were pressed.
Interestingly, ctrl+home, ctrl+end, ctrl+delete, and ctrl+backspace function as they should. (jump to beginning of field, jump to end of field, delete one word forwards, and delete one words backwards, respectively.)
Also, on the rest of my computer system (Debian Wheezy), specifically in the terminal, emacs, and LibreOffice Writer, this keyboard shortcut worked as it should.


Expected results:

Ctrl+left/right should have resulted in the cursor jumping one word backward/forward, respectively, and ctrl+up/down should have resulted in the cursor jumping one paragraph backward/forward, respectively.

Comment 1

[Loic]

It could be a regression in Firefox 28.

Does it work with the current release Firefox 25 and a clean profile?
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles

Comment 2

[Paul Silaghi, QA [:pauly]]

Works for me on FF 29.0a1 (2013-12-15), Ubuntu 13.04 x86.

Please check if the issue occurs using Firefox in safe mode (with your addons disabled):
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode

Or on a new, empty profile:
http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Managing-profiles#w_starting-the-profile-manager

Comment 3

[Firefox Bug Husbandry Bot]

2019-03-06

This bug is part of a group of bugs which have had an open needinfo for at least 12 weeks.

The request for information has not been answered, and we can't move forward on the bug so we are closing it.

If the defect is still present, please reopen this bug with an updated report.