Bug 129744 - Customized Alt+Left and Alt+Right key bindings are ignored
Summary: Customized Alt+Left and Alt+Right key bindings are ignored
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
6.3.4.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) All
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Blocks: Shortcuts-Accelerators
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Reported: 2020-01-02 18:32 UTC by Hannes Schmidt
Modified: 2024-03-30 03:14 UTC (History)
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Description Hannes Schmidt 2020-01-02 18:32:01 UTC
Description:
Binding Alt+Left and Alt+Right to "To Word Left" and "To Word Right" does not work and hitting those keys just moves the cursor by one character instead of an entire word. It's as if the Alt modifier is ignored and pressing Alt+Left is handled as if just Left were pressed.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Tools - Customize - Keyboard
2. Select "Alt+Left" under Shortcut Keys
3. Under Functions, select "To Word Left"
4. Click modify, click OK
5. Type some words into the document
6. Hit Alt+Left  

Actual Results:
Cursor moves left by one character

Expected Results:
Cursor moves by one word


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No


OpenGL enabled: Yes

Additional Info:
Comment 1 V Stuart Foote 2020-01-02 21:15:31 UTC
Confirmed, also on Windows builds

Version: 6.3.4.2 (x64)
Build ID: 60da17e045e08f1793c57c00ba83cdfce946d0aa
CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10.0; UI render: GL; VCL: win; 
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI-Language: en-US
Calc: CL

While the default Writer keyboard shortcus <Ctrl>+<left> and <Ctrl>+<right> assignments to 'To Word Left' and 'To Word Right' function as expected.

Though duplicating existing shortcuts, user assignment of these edit cursor movements to <Alt> based shortcuts should otherwise work.
Comment 2 QA Administrators 2022-01-02 03:55:41 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 3 Hannes Schmidt 2022-01-03 18:39:37 UTC
Still reproducible on 

Version: 7.2.3.2 / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 20(Build:2)
CPU threads: 12; OS: Linux 5.13; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Ubuntu package version: 1:7.2.3-0ubuntu0.21.10.1
Calc: threaded
Comment 4 QA Administrators 2024-03-30 03:14:19 UTC
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