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Hi,
I have trouble finding a solution to an odd problem. I always use the far right hand arrow keys on my keyboard (num-lock is always turned off) and I noticed that when I'm editing text and I make a selection by holding down shift and pressing down I'm getting a '2' as output rather than the downward selection I was hoping for.
Is there a way to tweak this keyboard behavior so that I can make selections with the far right arrow keys?
Thanks,
Luke
PS: Using Xubuntu 13.10
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Hi, pan69.
Can you tell us what text editor you are using when this happens? I use shift+right arrow as you do to select without problems in gedit, Mousepad and LibreOffice Writer.
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Hi,
This happens for me in all text editors.
Please keep in mind that I want to use the arrow keys on the far right of the keyboard (the ones normally directed by num-lock), not the ones directly next to the enter key. The arrow keys located between the enter key and keypad work fine.
Last edited by pan69 (2013-12-10 06:33:01)
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Sorry! I thought you meant the usual set of arrow keys. I've never used those arrow keys on the number pad!
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Ah. To me those ARE the usual arrow keys.
(grew up with an XT and when the AT keyboards came out I never switched over the "new" arrow keys.
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Found the solution!
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