CTRL+DEL deletes line - it should be the word

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DaCaro
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CTRL+DEL deletes line - it should be the word

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Standard Windows behaviour for CTRL+DEL is to delete the word after the cursor. WeBuiler is deleting the entire line. I can't work out how to fix this broken behaviour. Any suggestions, please?
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Re: CTRL+DEL deletes line - it should be the word

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Hi - you can change this shortcut by going to: Options > Keyboard Shortcuts.
DaCaro
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Re: CTRL+DEL deletes line - it should be the word

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Which one? None of the shortcuts are assigned to CTRL+DEL
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Re: CTRL+DEL deletes line - it should be the word

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Also, there are 2 'Delete' commands - neither with assigned shortcut. There's 1 'Delete line' which is assigned to CTRL+L.

Basically, WeBuilder has broken very basic default Windows behaviour. Not impressive.
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Re: CTRL+DEL deletes line - it should be the word

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In Notepad (which is as basic as Windows gets) it deletes the line starting from the cursor... To be honest, this is the first time I have heard about such Windows functionality and I haven't seen anybody requesting it. I'll add it to requests list and if more people request it then we'll implement it, but for now the only option is writing a plugin that does this. If you're desperate for such functionality, I'll write the plugin for you.
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DaCaro
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Re: CTRL+DEL deletes line - it should be the word

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Hi Aivars,

That is strange. Notepad++, TopStyle, Firefox, Chrome, LibreOffice, MS Office, Thunderbird, and every other app I have tried all delete next WORD with CTRL+DEL. I'm amazed that I'm the first person to spot this!

I would be very grateful if you could offer this as a plugin as I'm finding WB frustrating to use because I'm constantly hitting CTRL+DEL to delete a word out of habit then having to CTRL+Z to fix it - then deleting the word 'manually'.

Thanks for your assistance.
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Re: CTRL+DEL deletes line - it should be the word

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Alright here it is: http://forums.blumentals.net/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=6303

Installing it will be a bit more tricky than other plugins (because of Delete key in shortcut) but I described how to do it. At least I managed to get it working on my computer and I kind of see how one can get used to such shortcut, but apparently it's not known by many people.
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Re: CTRL+DEL deletes line - it should be the word

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Fantastic. I will install tomorrow and let you know if any problems. Thank you very much.
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