Unable to Ctrl+Backspace in Comment Fields

[onguarde]

Hi!

I find that you can't use Ctrl+Backspace to delete by word in comment fields and other text markup tools.

Is there a way to make it work? I find this indispensable in text editing.

Thanks in advance!

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

Currently, the best you can do is Ctrl Left to select by word, then delete.

[onguarde]

Is there a way to request a 'feature" request officially?

An alternative hack would be to use autohotkey to remap Ctrl+Backspace to (Ctrl+Left and then Backspace), as suggested.
Not sure if this is possible though.

Another "feature" that'll be great is 'autosave' of documents after a configurable timeout.

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]

Hello onguarde,

Posting in the forums is usually enough

I got a confirmation that the Ctrl + Backspace has been added as a work item for implementation in ver 3+ of the Viewer, and autosave has already been requested and is on the radar for implementation as well.

Regards,
Stefan

[onguarde]

Wow brilliant!

Is there an estimated date as to when it will be available?

Thanks again!

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]

Hello onguarde,

We hope to have a time table and a feature list for the initial build of PDFX Viewer 2011 in the next days, but the Ctrl + Backspace will happen after the initial release, so when exactly that will be available I can not tell now.

I will need to see the feature list from the devs to check whether the autosave will make it in the initial release or will be delayed as well.

Best,
Stefan

[onguarde]

As of now, I'm using this autohotkey hack to bind Ctrl+left/right followed by a delete. This achieves the same results as Ctrl+BackSpace/Del.

The only "problem" is you can actually see the word being highlighted and then deleted in a blink. As opposed to being deleted immediately -> less distracting.

Code: Select all

; Ctrl+Backspace - PDFxchange/Everything
^BS:: send, ^+{left}{delete}
^Del:: send, ^+{right}{delete}

Note that it works for other applications like "Everything" file finder also.
Hope this helps!

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]

Thanks onguarde,

Hope this will help someone else using AutoHotkey Hacks while we implement the "normal" solution

Cheers,
Stefan