Bug #72819 Can’t use Option + Shift + Arrow to select words in SQL Editor
Submitted: 30 May 2014 21:55 Modified: 2 Jun 2014 21:06
Reporter: Ezekiel Victor Email Updates:
Status: Can't repeat Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Workbench: SQL Editor Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version:6.0.9.11421 b1170 OS:MacOS (Mavericks)
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any

[30 May 2014 21:55] Ezekiel Victor
Description:
Standard key combo for selecting text one word at a time in a text box is Option + Shift + Arrow keys. This standard OS functionality used to work in Workbench but recently (as of v6 IIRC) has been lost. Now if you do that key combination, the cursor just moves one letter at a time without selecting anything. Productivity is slowed down a great deal.

How to repeat:
Type some text containing words (e.g. “This is a test.”) into the SQL editor, then attempt to select word by word by positioning your cursor at the start and pressing Option + Shift + Right Arrow.

Suggested fix:
Reinstate the lost functionality.
[1 Jun 2014 20:30] MySQL Verification Team
Thank you for the bug report. Not more repeatable in latest release please upgrade.

MySQL Workbench Community (GPL) for Mac OS X version 6.1.6  revision 11834 build 1642
Configuration Directory: /Users/miguel/Library/Application Support/MySQL/Workbench
Data Directory: /Applications/MySQLWorkbench.app/Contents/Resources
Cairo Version: 1.10.2
OS: OS X 10.9.x Mavericks
CPU: 4x Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3210M CPU @ 2.50GHz - 16.00GiB RAM
[2 Jun 2014 21:06] Ezekiel Victor
Fantastic, thank you!!