Backspace and Delete Keys
Users complain about and share shortcuts for backspace and delete key behaviors in text inputs, especially on Macs with Fn+Backspace for forward delete and preferences for word-by-word deletion.
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We've heard your complaints, and now those keys are backspace and forward delete.
It's unfortunate that holding down backspace does not keep deleting characters (or better yet delete word by word like Swiftkey does)
Psst, ctrl+backspace is a thing.
do you use backspace to delete things ?
Why is the Delete "key" tied to Delete instead of Backspace?
I'd like to have CMD+Backspace do that.
It says "Backspace" instead of Delete. Heresy.
Backspace is totally useless. Not sure about Chrome, but in other browsers you can use alt+left arrow alt+right arrow, which is more intuitive and harder to do accidentally.
Fn + Backspace. Not as easy but that's the answer.
Why didn't you just start with the arrow, backspace, and delete keys?