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RobbieChristian
Community Member
4 years ago

Ctrl+Backspace Keyboard Shortcut

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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  • LaurenConnelly's avatar
    LaurenConnelly
    Staff
    4 years ago

    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!

    • RobbieChristian's avatar
      RobbieChristian
      Community Member
      2 months ago

      Hi Lauren, I'm wondering if there's been any movement on this. Even if it only affects a small number of people, I'm really hoping that the ease of programming Ctrl+Backspace and Ctrl+Del are simple enough that this feature can be added. Those key combos have the same function in every other program/application on my computer (including this window I'm typing in now), so it's frustrating that Storyline is the only thing in my entire computer where these key combos don't operate as expected.

      • LaurenConnelly's avatar
        LaurenConnelly
        Staff
        2 months ago

        Hi Robbie!

        Our team is prioritizing other feature requests at this time. I'll continue to share this with our team and inform you if it makes it on the feature roadmap.

  • RobbieChristian's avatar
    RobbieChristian
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    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.

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    RobbieChristian
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    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.

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