Contextual Keyboard Shortcuts

Hi,
Does anyone else find the long-awaited reintroduction of keyboard shortcuts incomplete? In particular, there is a lack of contextual keyboard shortcuts. For example, you can now delete a message in the Hub by selecting the Delete button, but the subsequent confirmation prompt (see photo) doesn't accept any keyboard shortcuts (D for delete; C for cancel). This seriously hinders the usefulness of keyboard shortcuts as one still needs to tap the screen to complete the action.
I know that one can disable the confirmation prompt altogether, but what if I do want it? On BB OS 7, I would just hit Del+D and have my message promptly deleted. So quick and easy.
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