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   Alex Hall (alexhall@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 10-Feb-2024 07:04:05 JST Alex Hall

   In Windows, does ctrl-backspace erase by word everywhere, or do apps have to implement that? One thing I love in macOS is deleting by character, word, or line, and I know deleting by word sometimes works in Windows. I also feel like it's randomly not worked. Did I imagine that, or are there places it just isn't supported?

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     Quin (thequinbox@dragonscave.space)'s status on Saturday, 10-Feb-2024 07:04:06 JST Quin

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     @alexhall Apps have to implement it. I'm actually not sure how, I couldn't find a way to do it in native Win32, my kit of choice. I wonder if it's implemented in the higher level frameworks like UWP or WX

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     Quin (thequinbox@dragonscave.space)'s status on Saturday, 10-Feb-2024 07:04:08 JST Quin

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     @alexhall Even Notepad didn't support it until Windows 10 1809 actually, so it's definitely not standardized. Which is annoying, because it should be.

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     Alex Hall (alexhall@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 10-Feb-2024 07:04:18 JST Alex Hall

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     • Quin

     @TheQuinbox Thanks, that explains a lot. I wish it were a system-level thing like on the Mac. Ctrl-backspace for word, win-backspace for line.