Thanks for your report.
It is fixed in the latest release
** Changed in: synaptic (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Fix Released
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Synaptic package manager - select using keyboard
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/183217
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Behavior confirmed on gutsy amd64 - synaptic 0.60ubuntu5 (I don't know about
Debian)
It does make selecting several packages by keyboard painfull
** Changed in: synaptic (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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Synaptic package manager - select using keyboard
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs