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    • Gaurav99G
      Gaurav99
      last edited by

      I don’t know how recently this was added, but I updated notepad++ a few days ago and now Ctrl+Backspace (windows) deletes several words instead of the normal 1 word – it now deletes until it gets to the last special character or to the beginning of the line whereas it used to just delete the last word. I couldn’t find anything in preferences to adjust this, is there any way to fix this? It seems like a small thing but it’s actually pretty disruptive

      Thanks!

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      • Claudia FrankC
        Claudia Frank @Gaurav99
        last edited by

        @Gaurav99

        Which npp version do you use? (debug->info from ? menu)
        Can you check the shortcut mapper? (Settings->shortcut mapper?

        Maybe a plugin has overwritten the original binding.
        If you go to scintilla commands tab and scroll down you should see
        SCI_DELWORDLEFT, this one is normally mapped to ctrl+backspace.
        Has it still a white background? If yes, and using a recent version of npp, this indicates
        that shortcut hasn’t been overwritten.

        Cheers
        Claudia

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        • Gaurav99G
          Gaurav99
          last edited by

          @Claudia-Frank Notepad++ v7.3.3 (32-bit)
          Build time : Mar 8 2017 - 03:37:37
          Path : C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
          Admin mode : OFF
          Local Conf mode : OFF
          OS : Windows 10 (64-bit)
          Plugins : mimeTools.dll NppConverter.dll NppExport.dll PluginManager.dll

          I checked, and the background for SCI_DELWORDLEFT is still white

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          • Claudia FrankC
            Claudia Frank @Gaurav99
            last edited by

            @Gaurav99

            ok, so it has not been overwritten.

            Is this reproducible for any kind of text or happens just under some circumstances?

            What you can try in addition is to rename you configuration directory and let it recreate
            on npp startup.
            Stop npp and rename the directory notepad++ under %APPDATA% or under %APPDATA%\Roaming.

            Cheers
            Claudia

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            • Gaurav99G
              Gaurav99
              last edited by

              I just renamed the config.xml file and it seems to have fixed it @Claudia-Frank. Thanks!

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              • Claudia FrankC
                Claudia Frank @Gaurav99
                last edited by

                @Gaurav99

                by any chance to you mind uploading the erroneous config.xml to some place
                where I can download it? I’m just curious what could have caused this.

                Cheers
                Claudia

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