Description: When editing text in a cell on a mac the keyboard commands differs from macs standards used in other editors and even the LO writer. For instance Steps to Reproduce: 1.enter text in a cell 2.try the standard mac editing text keyboard commands Actual Results: cmd+right - jumps a word forwards cmd+left - jumps a word backwards opt+arrow - increases/decreases column width opt+backspace - undo opt+backspace - nothing Expected Results: cmd+right - "end" jumps to the end of a line cmd+left "home" jumps to the beginning of a line opt+left/right arrow - jump over one word left/right opt+backspace delete the whole word to the left of the marker. Instead (wrongly)cmd+backspace do this command opt+backspace delete the whole word to the right of the marker. Instead (wrongly)cmd+delete do this command Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: Fresh installation. The keyboard shortcut settings has no effect
I could reproduce it. Version: 7.2.0.4 / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 9a9c6381e3f7a62afc1329bd359cc48accb6435b CPU threads: 12; OS: Mac OS X 10.15.7; UI render: default; VCL: osx Locale: en-GB (en_GB.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: threaded Version: 7.3.0.0.alpha0+ / LibreOffice Community Build ID: b733ccad171e6def8fbdb93f31875dfdea47bdc6 CPU threads: 12; OS: Mac OS X 10.15.7; UI render: default; VCL: osx Locale: en-GB (en_GB.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: threaded
Hello, I can reproduce this issue in the latest stable version. Actual Results I have observed: cmd+right - jumps a word forwards > reproduced the same result in both MS Excel and Calc cmd+left - jumps a word backwards > reproduced the same result in both MS Excel and Calc opt+arrow - increases/decreases column width > reproduced in Calc only opt+backspace - nothing > reproduced in Calc only Version: 24.8.2.1 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community Build ID: 0f794b6e29741098670a3b95d60478a65d05ef13 CPU threads: 8; OS: macOS 13.6.3; UI render: Skia/Metal; VCL: osx Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: threaded Adding my comment with the latest information and findings. Sincerely, Chika
Doing some searches, Alt + left/right arrow indeed seems to be the standard Cocoa way to jump words. My guess is that Microsoft added the Cmd variant based on user requests. Web searches find many macOS users asking how to remap the jumping to Cmd instead.
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