Hi Henner, In EESCHEMA, under Preferences->Hotkeys->Edit Hotkeys, you can edit the hotkeys and set Backspace as the Delete function.
However, I notice that changing the Delete function hotkey doesn't work. This in fact should be filed as a bug; So please file a bug report on Launchpad so it can be fixed, or else feel free to apply a patch that fixes this bug instead. The best method is to file a bug report on launchpad and issue a patch to fix it at the same time, but at least if there's a bug report someone else can maybe fix it before you get around to it. Thank-you for highlighting the issue. Best Regards, Brian. On 5 February 2014 05:02, Henner Zeller <h.zel...@acm.org> wrote: > Hi, > My notebook has a keyboard that doesn't have a 'Delete' key, only > 'Backspace'. This makes deleting objects in eeschema quite cumbersome as > this always requires to use the right-mouse button menu. > > Since 'Backspace' is not bound to anything in eeschema, this patch adds the > Backspace key to be equivalent to the Delete key: removing the object under > the cursor. > > View patch here: > https://github.com/hzeller/kicad/compare/master...delete-and-backspace-equiv > > Download patch here: > https://github.com/hzeller/kicad/compare/master...delete-and-backspace-equiv.patch > > Since I am new to this codebase, I am not sure if this is the right way to > add another hotkey or if there is better way to get this same functionality. > If everything is ok, then I'd be happy to see this added to upstream. > > Thanks, > -henner > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp