[SOLVED] Gedit: Ctrl-F doesn't invoke search.

[freak42]

Hello

I have a strange problem. Gedit stopped accepting the shortcut ctrl-f to open a search box to search text. In the menu (Search->Find) the shortcut is not present anymore, however other shortcuts seem unaffected and also work.

Unfortunately I don't know when this change happened, it used to work before. I also do not recall changing any settings related to gedit.

My System is Ubuntu 8.04, Gedit 2.22.3

Any help is appreciated.

[kestrel1]

Do you still have find on the tool bar?

[freak42]

Do you still have find on the tool bar?

Yes, it is still on the toolbar.

[kestrel1]

Does the toolbar version work?

[freak42]

Does the toolbar version work?

Yes the toolbarverison (as well as the menu version) work as usual.

I really cannot see anything different in Gedit apart from the one missing shortcut. Everything else seems absolutely normal (and working as usual).

[kestrel1]

Don't know if this will help but you could try removing gedit & then re-installing it.
To remove type the following in a terminal:

sudo apt-get remove gedit

& to re-install type:

sudo apt-get install gedit

As I say, not sure if it will help, but might be worth trying.

[freak42]

reinstalling gedit didn't help ctrl-f is still not doing what it is supposed to.

[kestrel1]

Sorry about that.
Does pressing CTRL + F on the desktop open up the file browser search window? & does CTRL + F work in other apps?

[freak42]

Sorry about that.
Does pressing CTRL + F on the desktop open up the file browser search window? & does CTRL + F work in other apps?

yes it brings up the file browser search on the desktop (hey, I didn't know about that one, TY!)

and it works as usual in other apps (eclipse, pidgin, firefox,..)

[kestrel1]

Not sure what else to suggest at the moment. I will have a look at my system & see if anything sticks out, but I wouldn't hold your breath
There may be a setting in gconf-editor though. If you want to look yourself type this in a terminal:

gconf-editor

If you make any changes though, make sure you write the location down & what you changed.