Delete key does not work

[bukshee]

Hi,

In Helix in Insert mode neither Delete nor Alt-Delete work. They should:
https://docs.helix-editor.com/keymap.html#insert-mode

Ctrl+d and Alt-d do work though. Even if I add keymap in conf:
[keys.insert]
"A-del" = "delete_word_forward"

If I exit helix back to the terminal (st) both work fine. Except inside helix.

Any ideas? Thank You!

helix 23.05
Manjaro linux.

[rojebd]

@bukshee
same issue have you found a solution yet?

[TornaxO7]

helix 23.05

Maybe try that out with the latest version of helix (23.10)

[rojebd]

i am on the latest

[kirawi]

I'm going to guess that you need a terminal that supports the enhanced keyboard protocol for those keybinds. st also seems to have some issues with the delete key based on the immediate results of a google search.

[kirawi]

I checked st and I can replicate it with that terminal. I'm not interested in investigating further (it's likely something on st's side), but I would suggest using something else instead.

[babucarr32]

If you are on macOs

delete = backspace
fn + delete = del

delete deletes backwards
fn + delete deletes forwards