In Linux Mint, if "Show position of pointer when the Control key is pressed" is turned ON, Minecraft does not see the Ctrl key.
I am completely unable to copy or paste anything in Minecraft, nor to Ctrl+Shift+Middle-Click to pick a block WITH NBT. (Obviously, this makes adventure map work quite hard).
I checked, and the problem exists all the way back through 1.8. *The bug does not exist on 1.7.10*.
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@Neko, Hah, well, I know how this goes. I'm a professional programmer too. However, I can insist it indeed does not work for me, and therefore, certainly not "resolved". Difference in OS, prob. What's yours?
Okay, I have actually found a workaround for the issue - this might be worth noting for other Linux Mint users.
1. Open 'System Settings' and 'Mouse and Touchpad'
2. Turn OFF "Show position of pointer when the Control key is pressed"
Apparently Minecraft doesn't play well with Linux Mint if this is on, at least since 1.7.10. Technically, that would be a bug on Minecraft's part (thereby confirming this bug, which I'll edit).
All works fine for me.