CTRL (SHIFT) SPACE blocked by keyboard layout switch - unable to insert non-breaking spaces in Writer
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| marco (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
| xfce4 (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
I've just figured out that I am unable to insert non-breaking spaces (CTRL-SHIFT-SPACE) any more in LibreOffice Writer because CTRL+SPACE now switches between keyboard layouts.
I consider this very unlucky, not only because non-breaking spaces, but also because many developer tools use CTRL-SPACE as function completion or similar.
We need a different default setup. Maybe classic windows ALT-SHIFT is offering itself - or is there any problem with that?
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: xfce4 (not installed)
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-29-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Sun Jul 6 23:10:21 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-26 (253 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016)
SourcePackage: xfce4
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-06-11 (25 days ago)
| crysman (crysman) wrote | #1 |
| Christopher A. Chavez (chrstphrchvz) wrote | #2 |
| Christopher A. Chavez (chrstphrchvz) wrote | #3 |
| crysman (crysman) wrote | #4 |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #5 |
| Changed in marco (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Changed in xfce4 (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
In the xfce keyboard settings, I don't even see ctrl+space as a listed shortcut for Change layout option. Nonetheless, if you are able to change this and it allows typing NBSP, then that is a workaround.
Two more workarounds:
- In LibreOffice, go to Tools > Customize > Keyboard and pick a different shortcut for NBSP.
- Or, go to Insert > Special Character and choose Subset > Latin-1, which should select NBSP (unicode U+00A0 (160)).