On Mac, text selection keyboard shortcuts aren't all working (like Cmd+A) #3516

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1. Keavon

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   • Desktop release candidate refinements #3507
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3. Keavon

   changed the title [-]In text fields, Cmd+A doesn’t work to select all text and Shift+Option+Up/Down arrow key doesn’t select from the text cursor’s position to the start/end of the line (however these do work: Shift+Option+Left/Right does select word-by-word, and Option+Up/Down does jump the text cursor to the start/end of the line without selecting); this works on web[/-] [+]On Mac, text selection keyboard shortcuts aren't all working (like Cmd+A)[/+] on Dec 22, 2025
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   timon-schelling

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10. Mayank7Bisnewar commented on Mar 21, 2026

    

    Mayank7Bisnewar

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    hi, can i work over this issue
11. timon-schelling commented on Mar 21, 2026

    

    timon-schelling

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    @Mayank7Bisnewar Sure, just be aware that this is not a all beginner friendly.
    The main thing that is holding this back is that all obvious fixes break workarounds we have to do for the Menu to not cause duplicate Keyboard events.
    Will likely involve diving deep into mac APIs and winit.

    see
    

    Graphite/desktop/src/cef/input.rs

    Line 114 in d5d10fe

    key_event.unmodified_character = event.key_without_modifiers.to_char_representation() as u16;

    
    

    Graphite/desktop/src/window/mac/menu.rs

    Line 29 in d5d10fe

    tracing::error!("A keyboard input triggered a menu event. This is most likely a bug. Please report!");

    
    

    Graphite/desktop/src/window/mac/app.rs

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    // Route keyDown events straight to the key window to skip native menu shortcut handling.
12. timon-schelling

    closed this as completedin #4322on Jul 15, 2026
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