This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-keyboard - 0.99.trunk.phablet2+15.04.20150108-0ubuntu1
--------------- ubuntu-keyboard (0.99.trunk.phablet2+15.04.20150108-0ubuntu1) vivid; urgency=low [ CI Train Bot ] * Resync trunk [ Ubuntu daily release ] * New rebuild forced [ Renato Araujo Oliveira Filho ] * Make sure that changes on "InputMethod.extensions" property get propagated to maliit. (LP: #1384278) [ Michael Sheldon ] * Fix keyboard visibility reporting (LP: #1404309) * Extend existing autopilot tests to more thoroughly test each layout, add new tests for extended keys and ".com" key and fix crash when using keyboard after autopilot tests have been run. * Speed up individual backspaces and switch between individual and word backspace based on 3 words having been deleted instead of 3 seconds having passed. (LP: #1347488) -- Ubuntu daily release <ps-jenk...@lists.canonical.com> Thu, 08 Jan 2015 18:07:56 +0000 ** Changed in: ubuntu-keyboard (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-keyboard in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1347488 Title: Backspace should accelerate for single letters as well as words Status in the base for Ubuntu mobile products: New Status in Ubuntu Keyboard: In Progress Status in ubuntu-keyboard package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in ubuntu-keyboard package in Ubuntu RTM: New Bug description: Currently the backspace only accelerates when it starts deleting words, so deleting a very long string of characters which are unbroken by spaces takes a long time. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1347488/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp