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Ctrl+Del should delete the word right to the cursor
There are couple standard windows shortcuts with Ctrl for word-level navigation in text editors:
* Ctrl+Left/Right -- jump to previous/next start of a word
* Ctrl+Backspace -- delete back till nearest word start
* Ctrl+Delete -- delete forward till nearest word start
I got used to these, but it appears CN 2.0.1 binds "Delete current note" action to Ctrl+Del. Could we use another shortcut for this action, getting back word deletion function?
P.S. Help says Ctrl+Del "Clears currently selected text of any formatting.", this could be outdated.
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The help is outdated. To remove any formatting use Ctrl+D. Personally i want to keep Ctrl+Del for deleting the note. I use this a lot, whereas deleting the word right from the caret can be deleted by selecting it using Ctrl+Shift+right arrow and press Del at last.
Thanks for Ctrl+D. And good point. But Alt+Del and Shift+Del are still available (I'd vote for the latter), how do you feel about these?
Okay, Shift+Del and Alt+Del are not best ideas. But double-click+Del mouse/keyboard combo is not handy either.
I have two arguments for Ctrl+Del:
* Working Ctrl+Backspace and not working Ctrl+Delete is inconsistent
* Ctrl+Delete works in any text field of any Windows program.
I tested WordPad, Delphi, Word Pro and Thunderbird's editor. They all support the key. PsPad-Editor doesn't. I am working with Windows more than 20 years and wasn't aware of that key ;) Ok, you convinced me :) I removed my down-vote. However, i can not give my vote for it, yet. If we would use Ctrl+Del for deleting a word, what other key would we use for deleting the note? There was already a change in this regard a couple of months ago. Btw, Outlook uses Ctrl+D to delete an item. That doesn't make it a standard though. Also Ctrl+D is used to remove formatting. Could Alt+Del really be an alternative?
Generally, keymaps are configurable in many programs. You never know what part of keyboard user is more comfortable with, and he may also use non qwerty layout.
Sane defaults still worth thinking, though.
The current title makes the proposal sound like a bug.I suggest to rename the title to "Ctrl+Del should delete the word right to the cursor"
I think there is more value of consistent and standard behavior on Windows than just a convenience to existing users' habits.
Cinta is positioned as a modern text manager, so it feels natural to expect from its integrated text editor to behave consistently. And of course without any mouse intervention on the way to work with notes.
Without any disrespect, I think it was a mistake to bind CTRL+DEL to note deletion.
Closed due to inability to collect 10 votes during more than 2 years. Sorry. It can be reopened later if another user requests this feature
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