That's the wanted beavhiour. Marking as invalid because it has already been discussed in another bug (cannot find it right now!).
** Changed in: unity Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to unity in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/994880 Title: ALT F2 opens with all text selected when trying to append all input is lost Status in Unity: Invalid Status in unity package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: ALT F2 opens with all text selected i think caret should be at end of input Example: open by pressing alt + F2 - type ubuntu-bug (or anything else) - hide the window by pressing somewhere outside of it - press alt + F2 again - All text in the input is selected - I want to append something so i press -> (right arrow) - All text stays selected caret is at the end of the text now - i type something i want to append - all text that was there is now lost. I think pressing the right arrow should deselect the selection so that i can append something to the text that is already present. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: unity 5.10.0-0ubuntu6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic-pae 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 Architecture: i386 CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell] Date: Sat May 5 00:29:46 2012 EcryptfsInUse: Yes ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=nl_NL.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/994880/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp