Ctrl+Backspace Keyboard Shortcut
Aug 31, 2021
I constantly find myself trying to use Ctrl+Backspace to delete a word at a time. This is a common keyboard shortcut in many other programs, but in Articulate it just produces a rectangle. I then hold Ctrl+Shift and tap the left arrow to highlight the word(s) I'm trying to delete and then I tap the backspace or delete button. Is there a better way to do this? Does Articulate have a special shortcut for this? Can I make this custom shortcut for my own computer? I've used Storyline since it was first released and to this day, the Ctrl+Backspace shortcut is so deeply ingrained that I still fall into the trap on a regular basis.
I've tried checking the keyboard shortcuts resource (which is an amazing resource), but unfortunately I can't find a solution there.
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Hello Robbie!
Currently, CTRL + Backspace isn't included in our keyboard shortcuts, but I'm happy to notify our team of this request! We'll begin tracking customer impact to determine next steps and keep you updated in this discussion.
I appreciate you taking the time to share this with us!
That would be great! Thanks Lauren! I'm sure it's not a widespread complaint and that hardly anyone else has struggled enough to the point of voicing it, but I'm hoping that it's such a simple fix that it can be done even for the few of us that it would really make a difference. I'll keep an eye out.
As long as we're talking about using Ctrl+Backspace to delete words to the left of the cursor, the Ctrl+Delete button combo would also be helpful to add so that we could delete entire words to the right of the cursor too.