I apologise. Apparently this was caused by bad 'keybindings theme' in gnome-tweak-tool.
** Changed in: gedit (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gedit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/998974 Title: some keyboard shortcuts don't seem to work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/998974/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs