Unity

Ctrl X doesn't cut selected text in Dash search field

Bug #737731 reported by Matthew Paul Thomas on 2011-03-18

This bug affects 9 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	Unity	Fix Released	Low	Neil J. Patel	Unity 4.12.0
	unity (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Low	Unassigned

Bug Description

unity 3.6.6-0ubuntu1, Ubuntu Natty

1. Open the Dash.
2. Type some text.
3. Press Shift+Left to select some of the text.
4. Press Ctrl+X.

What happens: Nothing.
What should happen: The text should be cut, as it would be in a native text field.

Related bugs:
Copy doesn't work: bug #737732
Paste doesn't work: bug #736222
Undo doesn't work: bug #793677

See original description

Tags:

Related branches

lp:~njpatel/unity/ibus-support

Merged into lp:unity at revision 1471

Jason Smith (community): Approve on 2011-08-31

lp:~ubuntu-desktop/unity/ubuntu (Merged)

lp:ubuntu/oneiric/unity

Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) on 2011-03-18

tags:

added: sniffles

Marco Biscaro (marcobiscaro2112) on 2011-03-21

Changed in unity:
status:	New → Confirmed
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

Revision history for this message

Stefan Löffler (st.loeffler) wrote on 2011-05-04:

dash-ctrl-x.png Edit (13.8 KiB, image/png)

This bug affects me as well. However, instead of seeing nothing as the OP, the selected text is replaced by a (seemingly unrenderable) character (but it's not in the clipboard). See the attached screenshot

$ apt-cache policy unity
unity:
  Installed: 3.8.12-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 3.8.12-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
*** 3.8.12-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/ubuntu/archive/ natty-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     3.8.10-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/ubuntu/archive/ natty/main amd64 Packages

Marco Biscaro (marcobiscaro2112) on 2011-06-25

description:

updated

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David Gomes (davidgomes) wrote on 2011-08-17:

What Stefan gets is what I also get.

Omer Akram (om26er) on 2011-08-31

Changed in unity:
milestone:	none → 4.12.0
status:	Confirmed → In Progress
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status:	Confirmed → In Progress
Changed in unity:
importance:	Undecided → Low
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Low

Omer Akram (om26er) on 2011-08-31

Changed in unity:
assignee:	nobody → Neil J. Patel (njpatel)

Neil J. Patel (njpatel) on 2011-09-01

Changed in unity:
status:	In Progress → Fix Committed

Omer Akram (om26er) on 2011-09-01

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status:	In Progress → Fix Committed
Changed in unity:
status:	Fix Committed → Fix Released

Revision history for this message

Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2011-09-01:

This bug was fixed in the package unity - 4.12.0-0ubuntu1

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unity (4.12.0-0ubuntu1) oneiric; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
    - P3: [natty] Cannot click on indicators (LP: #819202)
    - Icons not visible in the launcher or alt-tab switcher (LP: #833905)
    - [dash] Search field in Unity can not support iBus (LP: #663776)
    - [dash] preferred applications are not stored in GConf anylonger
      (LP: #805063)
    - SysTray icons have a white square background in Unity. (LP: #823407)
    - new dash does not fit a normal netbook screen (LP: #825370)
    - Dash picks random weird colors (yellow, green), fonts invisible (with
      blur en- or disabled) (LP: #828363)
    - Music Lens doesn't display items until you search (LP: #824892)
    - Dash - Adjustments to stateful behaviour (LP: #838667)
    - Dragging from dash to launcher still doesn't work (LP: #824833)
    - Click on 'More Apps' et al closes the dash (LP: #824842)
    - cannot paste into dash (particularly relevant for alt+f2) (LP: #736222)
    - Ctrl X doesn't cut selected text in Dash search field (LP: #737731)
    - Ctrl+C doesn't copy selected text in Dash search field (LP: #737732)
    - The indicators shows a big white square when systray whitelisted
      (LP: #822672)
    - ARM FTBFS fix (LP: #834576)
  * debian/control:
    - build on latest nux
  * debian/rules:
    - bump shlibs
-- Didier Roche <email address hidden> Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:33:06 +0200