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[Brian Sidebotham <brian.sidebotham@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 5 February 2014 14:15, Chris Morgan <chmorgan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> If there isn't a binding for the backspace key might it also make
> sense to have the default binding for 'delete item' be both backspace
> and delete by default? In addition of course to fixing whatever bug
> there is in the hotkey assignment.
>
> Chris

I don't think so, because for example in PCBNEW for example the
Backspace key and the Delete key have different functions. In PCBNEW
when you press the Delete key, you delete an entire net and when you
press the Backspace key you delete the current track segment only.

This is really useful funcionality and I would rather reserve a future
implementation of those separate functions associated to those two
keys in EESCHEMA rather than apply two keys to the same function now.

I've also not tested how two keys bound to the same function perform
in the Hotkeys Editor - but I suspect not well.

Best Regards,

Brian.