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Dev- 1.5 Text tool not working

Summary:

... Typing after selecting the text tool ignores text and interprets the keystrokes as tool shortcuts

Steps to reproduce:

  • open Inkscape
  • select the text tool
  • click or draw text box
  • type "er"

What happened?

...no text is entered. The tools is changed to ellipse on the "e" and to a rectangle tool on "r"

What should have happened?

...The letters "er" should have been entered as a text object.

Sample attachments:

Version info

Inkscape 1.5-dev (f05473f, 2024-05-05, custom)

                      Compile  (Run)
    GLib version:     2.80.0
    GTK version:      4.14.2 (4.14.2)
    glibmm version:   2.80.0
    gtkmm version:    4.14.0
    libxml2 version:  2.12.6
    libxslt version:  1.1.39
    Cairo version:    1.18.0 (1.18.0)
    Pango version:    1.52.2 (1.52.2)
    HarfBuzz version: 8.3.1 (8.3.1)

    OS version:       Windows 11 23H2

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