Inconsistent interpretation of preserved modifiers (such as Ctrl-Backspace) with xkbcommon
@daniels
Submitted by Daniel Stone Link to original bug (#754110)
Description
Using the Wayland backend for GTK+ clients, Ctrl-Backspace no longer functions as a word delete, but instead as a regular delete. Ctrl-Left/Right still work; it's just Ctrl-Backspace.
Tried in GEdit and GNOME's composer: pressing Ctrl-Backspace deletes character-at-a-time, not word-at-a-time. Running GEdit under X11 (unset $WAYLAND_DISPLAY) restores Ctrl-Backspace to its rightful functionality, and it also works under Chrome, which uses GTK+2 and thus X11.
gtk3-3.17.7-1.fc23.x86_64
Blocking
Edit: according to this comment, disabling the "Ctrl+Alt+Backspace" combo in GNOME Tweaks ("key sequence to kill the X server") makes Ctrl+Backspace work under Wayland as a workaround.
Edited by Jeff Fortin