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My delete key won't work in Eclipse in OS X

My delete key isn't working in Eclipse in OS X. However, Shift-Delete deletes.

Delete works elsewhere, so a setting must have been unwittingly changed. Any idea what it is or how to fix it?

Restarting Eclipse didn't help.

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Eric Wilson Avatar asked Mar 29 '10 16:03

Eric Wilson


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2 Answers

Check your key mapping for delete and cut commands:

cut and delete key mapping preferences

Maybe the delete key has been re-affected.

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VonC Avatar answered Oct 12 '22 09:10

VonC


I'm on a mac and this is a trip. None of the answers are working for me. I tried everything suggested here :(

I was about to reinstall eclipse and decided to see if a restart would help. I logged off...

 | Log out [user]

and then logged back on and I got control of my arrows and delete key again.

!!! UPDATE !!! If I close one program in the doc I get it all back.

This generally happens to me when Firefox Crashes

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Shanimal Avatar answered Oct 12 '22 08:10

Shanimal