It appears that this is a Sylpheed bug. The developer advises: "bug has been fixed at svn r3049.
2012-04-18 * addr_compl.c: fixed Bug #52: Address autocomplete: Not possible to select drop-down list element with arrow keys (Linux) Possibly occured with GTK+ >= 2.24. Patch: http://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/redmine/projects/sylpheed/repository/revisions/3049/diff/src/addr_compl.c It was fixed right after the release of 3.2.0beta7, but it is not released yet. Please apply the above patch if you are in a hurry." -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/886593 Title: Keyboard selection of address autocomplete in email compose window fails To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sylpheed/+bug/886593/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs