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  1. Bug #278078
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Comment 1 for bug 278078

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Ricardo Pérez López (ricardo) wrote : Re: The key repeat delay for the "down-arrow" & "left-arrow" keys is longer than the other keys

From the GNOME's bugzilla, a developer says:

"I cannot reproduce the behaviour you describe, and in any case, key repeat
delay is a global X server setting. There is no way for us to define different
delays or different keys. So if anything, this is a bug in the X server."

I've tested then on Xfce4 and I got the same issue, so the problem is not a GNOME problem.

Another way to test the existence of the issue:

1. Go to System->Preferences->Keyboard.
2. Go to Layouts tab.
3. Check "Key presses repeat when key is held down" chekbox.
4. Move the Delay rule to the very left (near to "Short" label).
5. Go to Accessibility tab.
6. Check "Only accept long keypresses" in "Slow Keys".
7. Move the Delay rule of the "Slow Keys" section to the very left (near to "Short" label).
8. Open a Terminal. Press and hold any printable key (say, for instance, the "d" key). You can see the "d" char appearing repeatedly. Now, press and hold the left-arrow key.

Expected behavior: The blinking cursor moves repeatedly to the left, traveling all the "d" chars.

Actual behavior: The cursor moves ONLY ONE POSITION to the left, without repetition.

You can check that the down-arrow key is affected with this bug, too. However, the up-arrow key and the right-arrow key works as expected.