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The default key combination for clearing browsing data in Chromium (Ctrl+⇧Shift+Del) isn't working when the New Tab page is open and in focus: I press the keys and nothing happens.

If I click the menu icon in Chromium and choose the Tools -> Clear browsing data option, the dialog shows up. If I'm not looking at the New Tab page, the dialog shows up as expected if I press the same keys.

I'm using Chromium in Ubuntu 12.04 (version 23.0.1271.97-0ubuntu0.12.04.1). There are no extensions installed and I'm not in incognito mode.

I can use the same key combination on the same machine on Firefox and it works.

How can I fix this?

EDIT: It's been pointed to me that this question is a bug request and should be closed. I have filed a bug report on the Chromium project site.

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Seems like this bug to me Issue 112874. I can reproduce this in Google Chrome 24.0.1312.52-r175374 too. I'm voting to close this as bugs are off-topic here as per the FAQ – gertvdijk Jan 21 at 11:58
it works for me, I'm using Chromium 23.0.1271.97 – Alen Jan 21 at 11:59
Just found out the key combination works on any page, except for the new page tab. Updating the question. @gertvdijk, the bug you linked seems quite similar but not the same. – ruda.almeida Jan 21 at 12:02
@ruda.almeida Yes, fair enough. Good information you just found for a nice new bug report there then! :) (still off-topic imo) It seems there's a lot of fuzz about this shortcut (> 10 issues in one year and even more commits). It seems like a plain regression bug. – gertvdijk Jan 21 at 12:09
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@ruda.almeida Don't forget to link the bug report here for others bumping into this question. – gertvdijk Jan 21 at 12:21
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closed as off topic by gertvdijk, jrg♦ Jan 21 at 21:57

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It's been pointed to me that this question is a bug request and therefore off-topic and should be closed.

I have filed a bug report on the Chromium project site.

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