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Can't use Shift+Backspace as a hotkey

Posted: 14 Sep 2016 11:15
by crtrubshaw
Hi Rickard, it seems I am unable to assign Shift+Backspace as a hotkey, it was assigned to the function "Delete text from current position to the beginning of the line" but it wasn't working (it only did a single backspace). I think this issue was around before this latest beta but cannot be sure since when, it is definitely an issue in 11.20 beta 2 (64-bit).

Re: Can't use Shift+Backspace as a hotkey

Posted: 14 Sep 2016 12:03
by pjj
I believe I have already posted this hint, but can't find it right now :( Anyway, you can edit TextEd.kbd (possibly with another editor) and add "Shift+BkSp" where you need it, manually. Yup, workaround, but I can hardly imagine how else you could use backspace in the text field as a shortcut key indicator and not as, well, backspace :wink:

Re: Can't use Shift+Backspace as a hotkey

Posted: 14 Sep 2016 15:06
by crtrubshaw
Thanks for the tip pjj, it has picked it up in the keyboard settings but it still doesn't appear to do anything, just a single backspace.
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Re: Can't use Shift+Backspace as a hotkey

Posted: 14 Sep 2016 15:33
by pjj
I tried it out with (randomly chosen) ColumnModeAction and it worked well. I suppose it may have something to do with DeleteToBeginOfLineAction, which doesn't work for me with any other shortcut -- does it work for you?

Btw, I just remembered the real trick: you write e.g. "Ctrl+BkSp" in RJ TE, copy it and paste with a mouse into appropriate field in keyboard customization window: no need to use any other editor 8)

Re: Can't use Shift+Backspace as a hotkey

Posted: 14 Sep 2016 15:40
by crtrubshaw
That's strange, the function is not available for me, it's greyed out in the menu, I assigned the shortcut to the "DeleteToBeginOfScreenLineAction" (using the mouse paste trick :wink:) and it works fine.
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Re: Can't use Shift+Backspace as a hotkey

Posted: 14 Sep 2016 15:49
by pjj
It is grayed out for me, too, but the shortcut doesn't work :( Well, yeah. Good for you! :-D

Re: Can't use Shift+Backspace as a hotkey

Posted: 02 Oct 2016 13:35
by Rickard Johansson
"Delete to begin of line" should work again in v11.21 (final).