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New issue 9811 by [email protected]: Selecting words in edit fields
switches text direction
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=9811
Chrome Version : 2.0.172.2
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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Try to select a word in an edit field.
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What is the expected result?
A word is selected.
What happens instead?
A word is selected, but the text also shifts to RTL when using the right
CTRL+SHIFT keys (as most right-handed people do), or LTR if using the left
on an RTL system.
Please provide any additional information below. Attach a screenshot if
possible.
This “feature” really annoys me big time. Every time that I try to select a
word in an edit field in Chrome 2.0.172.2, it switches to RTL and
everything goes haywire (and why is the period at the wrong end of the
sentance?)
Worse, this feature does not have any significant notification, like a
popup that tells the user WTH just happened and why (with the option of no
longer notifying them once they understand). It just happens out of the
blue and looks like a heck of a bug.
Further, there does not seem to be any what of changing the hotkey from
Shift+Ctrl (a poor choice to begin with).
At this point I have become afraid to select text in edit fields or even
press Shift or Ctrl in Chrome because I keep worrying that the text will
switch (although since I managed to find a 3rd party blog that explained
what was happening, I am now less scared since I understand what’s
happening and how to fix it).
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