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Option+Left/Right navigates back and forward instead of moving between words on macOS

Observed behaviour

Navigating back and forth between recently viewed screens/pages

Reproduction steps

  1. type multi-word message in message box
  2. try navigating between words using option-left and option-right on mac

Build information

Canary 782 (fd183ef), Host 0.0.224, macOS 26.4.1 (arm64), Electron 41.2.2, Chrome 146.0.7680.188, Node 24.14.1, Locale en-US

Platform

macOS

Details

Expected behaviour Navigation between words at the word boundary should
Edited by Rex
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Removed: option-left and right do not move between words as expected, instead goes back and forward, and command-left and right does not workAdded: Option+Left/Right navigates back and forward instead of moving between words on macOS
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Option+Left/Right navigates back and forward instead of moving between words on macOS

Observed behaviour

Navigating back and forth between recently viewed screens/pages

Reproduction steps

  1. type multi-word message in message box
  2. try navigating between words using option-left and option-right on mac

Build information

Canary 782 (fd183ef), Host 0.0.224, macOS 26.4.1 (arm64), Electron 41.2.2, Chrome 146.0.7680.188, Node 24.14.1, Locale en-US

Platform

macOS

Evidence

n/a

Details

Expected behaviour Navigation between words at the word boundary should
Original by astromahdi
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option-left and right do not move between words as expected, instead goes back and forward, and command-left and right does not work

Observed behaviour

Navigating back and forth between recently viewed screens/pages

Reproduction steps

  1. type multi-word message in message box
  2. try navigating between words using option-left and option-right on mac

Build information

Canary 782 (fd183ef), Host 0.0.224, macOS 26.4.1 (arm64), Electron 41.2.2, Chrome 146.0.7680.188, Node 24.14.1, Locale en-US

Platform

macOS

Evidence

n/a

Details

Expected behaviour Navigation between words at the word boundary should