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I've just encountered an extremely frustrating problem in VS 2017 Pro. Backspace is completely non-functional in the editor.
I've tried some Googling, but the only references I've found to this kind of problem are very old, and in most cases, various other keys were effected, enter, arrows etc. For me it's only backspace.
I should add, the key is definitely ok, and works fine in all other applications.
I've obviously tried restarting Visual Studio, and Windows, to no effect.
As far as I'm aware there has been no recent windows or VS updates. I've been using VS 2017 without any problems for a few weeks now. This has only just happened this morning.
Does anyone have any idea what could cause this, or what I could try to do to fix it?
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Go to Start , then select Settings > Ease of Access > Keyboard, and turn on the toggle under Use the On-Screen Keyboard. It might help us identify where the problem lies. Whether it is hardware or software. Also check if the Fn key on the keyboard is not locked.
I'm not sure what caused VS to get messed up, but I was able to eventually solve it by resetting the environment.
Tools -> Import and Export Settings -> Reset All Settings
Just in case it's helpful to anyone else.
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There is another way - The command is Edit.DeleteBackwards and just map that to your Backspace key for the Text Editor.
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