Install and activate Khmer Angkor or IPA (SIL) keyboard.

Scenario 1

To reproduce

• open gedit
• type a few characters
• select the last three characters selecting from right to left, i.e. starting at the end
• press backspace

Expected behavior:

• selection gets deleted

Actual behavior

• character before the selection gets deleted, selection remains selected

Scenario 2

To reproduce

• open gedit
• type a few characters
• select the last three characters selecting from left to right.
• press backspace

Expected behavior

• selection gets deleted

Actual behavior

• last character gets deleted, selection consists now of two characters. To delete the entire selection, the user has to press backspace three times.

Environment

Tested on Ubuntu 22.04 and 23.04 with X11 and Wayland. Keyman 17 alpha.