OK, you where right. I had a custom keyboard layout that tried to generate some funky Unicode characters using AltGr and the arrows. It's still weird that the bug manifested even when I didn't use that layout.
I'm marking this invalid. ** Changed in: compiz (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: gtk+2.0 (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- can't select text with shift+arrow https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/192146 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug contact for gtk+2.0 in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs