Fn+backspace in leopard?

Hey everybody.
I just upgraded to leopard, and all the features are very nice, I love it.
When I used tiger I used Fn+Backspace in finder to move files to trash, this doesn't work anymore. Though Fn+Backspace works as a forward delete key whilst textediting, I don't get it.
Please some one help me =)

Hi, there.
I think you're mixing up keys.
Fn + backspace works like the "delete" button on full keyboard machines. I mean, Fn + BS erases the character on the right of the cursor instead of the left one, as it happens if you hit backspace only.
To delete files, use Cmnd+backspace, as stated before.
Cheers.
JP

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