MySQL Bugs: #64217: Mac Option key doesn't behave correctly in Workbench SQL editor

Bug #64217	Mac Option key doesn't behave correctly in Workbench SQL editor
Submitted:	3 Feb 2012 0:34	Modified:	27 Jul 2012 8:08
Reporter:	David Marwick	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Workbench: SQL Editor	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:	5.2.37 r8576	OS:	MacOS (10.7.2)
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any
Tags:	delete, editor, option key, osx, SELECT

Description:
On Mac OS X the Option key usually acts on 1 word at a time but that is not consistently supported in Workbench SQL Editor. Moving the cursor works OK but deleting and highlighting text does not.

Bugs:

1. Option-Delete only deletes 1 character instead of 1 word

2. Shift-Option-<arrow key> only selects 1 character instead of 1 word

This is inconvenient during SQL editing.

How to repeat:
1. Open Workbench SQL editor, type "foo bar".
2. Go to end of line, press Option-Delete. Observe only the last character "r" is deleted instead of "bar".
3. Press Shift-Option-LeftArrow. Observe only one character "a" is highlighted instead of "ba".

Suggested fix:
Make Option key behavior standard.

Thank you for the problem report.

Bug #64358 was marked as a duplicate of this one.

Can someone please provide an update on this issue? Thanks

v5.2.40 was just released, and I can confirm that this issue was NOT addressed :(

Please tell us v5.2.41 will be out very soon with this issue fixed?

v5.2.41 is out -- http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/workbench/

I am happy to report that this bug appears to have been squashed! :) Thank You × ∞

Fixed as of Workbench 5.2.41, and here's the changelog entry:

On Mac OS X, the Option key did not behave like a standard Mac OX application. For example, Option + Delete  would delete one character instead of one word.

This bug seems to have re-appeared in v6.0.8 (Duplicate of #64358)