RocketChat / RocketChat/Rocket.Chat
Some Keyboard shortcuts are not working
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Description
Description:
Any room in Rocket -> Options -> Keyboard Shortcuts
these are not working as expected
Expected behavior:
when using UpArrow Key with Alt the text cursor should move to the starting point from where text is started but it does not move same with DownArrow
and RightArrow and DownArrow also not working
Actual behavior:
The shortcut should work as documented
Server Setup Information:
- Version of Rocket.Chat Server: 7.2.0
- License Type:
- Number of Users: 2
- Operating System: Ubuntu
- Deployment Method: development
- Number of Running Instances: 2
- DB Replicaset Oplog:
- NodeJS Version: 20.18.0
- MongoDB Version:
Client Setup Information
- Desktop App or Browser Version: FireFox, Chrome
- Operating System: Ubuntu 24
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue in any Rocket.Chat room through Options → Keyboard Shortcuts using Firefox or Chrome on Ubuntu. Compare the documented Alt+Arrow behavior with the actual cursor movement, including the reported UpArrow, DownArrow, and RightArrow cases. Done means the affected shortcuts behave as documented in the listed browsers.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100