Closed Bug 285117 Opened 20 years ago Closed 19 years ago

Backspace key does not delete the message

Categories

(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, defect)

Product:
Thunderbird
Component:
Mail Window Front End
Platform:
x86
Linux
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED INVALID

People

(Reporter: mpt, Assigned: mscott)

References

Details

Build: 1.0, Ubuntu Hoary 2005-03-04

Years of trying to use Mozilla and Thunderbird on the Mac have taught me that
only the Backspace key works to delete messages; the Delete key does not work
(bug 57510, bug 242864).

Now I'm using Ubuntu, and what do I find? Only the Delete key works to delete
messages; the Backspace key does not work. Aaargh!
reading the bugs mentioned by you it looks as if backspace is not ment to delete messages. on mac backspace is used to do this, because some mac keyboards don't have a delete key - but that is an exceptional architecture.

So I guess: Not A bug!
Yes, this is intended behaviour on Linux/Win - and many users there would be quite surprised if VK_BACK would delete messages there...
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 19 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
...of course, this doesn't work that well if running thunderbird in a virtualboxed linux on a macbook... 
there's a keyconfig extension, but it is not available in the extension repo.
you can follow links from http://kb.mozillazine.org/Keyconfig_extension, download the xpi and then install it from the file. this ancient extension still works with thunderbird 38.6.
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