Delete key in editor wants to delete file

[JustinMinnaar]

Type: Bug

Often whilst working on the Mac edition of VS Code, when I am editing text and press the delete key, it prompts to delete the file instead of deleting the character in the editor.

VS Code version: Code 1.91.1 (Universal) (f1e16e1e6214d7c44d078b1f0607b2388f29d729, 2024-07-09T22:07:54.982Z) OS version: Darwin arm64 23.6.0 Modes:

System Info

|Item|Value| |---|---| |CPUs|Apple M3 Pro (12 x 2400)| |GPU Status|2d_canvas: enabled
canvas_oop_rasterization: enabled_on
direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok
gpu_compositing: enabled
multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on
opengl: enabled_on
rasterization: enabled
raw_draw: disabled_off_ok
skia_graphite: disabled_off
video_decode: enabled
video_encode: enabled
webgl: enabled
webgl2: enabled
webgpu: enabled| |Load (avg)|2, 2, 2| |Memory (System)|36.00GB (0.15GB free)| |Process Argv|--crash-reporter-id 81f98b00-4459-4335-a643-e8ae8d8094ec| |Screen Reader|no| |VM|0%|

Extensions (29)

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A/B Experiments

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[bpasero]

Sounds like a keybindings / context key issue to me.

[ulugbekna]

Please, check your keybindings.json (to open it, invoke command Open Keyboard Shortcuts (JSON) from the Command Palette (ctrl+shift+p on Windows and cmd+shift+p on MacOS)) for a keybinding that includes backspace, e.g., { "key": "backspace", ... } -- I think you have a custom keybinding that overrides backspace. You can also copy-paste your keybindings.json here

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