Use of Delete key

I use a Microsoft keyboard with my Mac. Can someone tell me how I can get my Delete key to Move objects to the Trash?
TIA,
David
p.s. I looked at Ukelele but there didn't seem to be any way of creating a binding for the delete key.

Hold the keys marked in red below after selecting a file, and it will automatically be moved to the trash. The sequence of holding the keys matters. The left one is held down first and without letting go of the left one, hold down the right key.
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When I use my Delete key to delete a song, I get a pop-up. This is OK, except the Keep File button is defaulted and I cannot tab or arrow to the "Move to Trash" button, and so i need to use my mouse. How can I do this only with keyboard?

When using iTunes on my iMac, I use my Delete key to delete a song and I get a pop-up. This is OK, except the Keep File button is defaulted and I cannot tab or arrow to the "Move to Trash" (or Cancel) button, and so I need to use my mouse. How can I do this only with keyboard?

Huh.. Interesting. I went back to check these proceedures and found there is a difference between using the return key or the space bar as the action command.
tabbing the blue ring moves the selection and then spacebar takes that action. The return key takes action of only the blue collored button.
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When in email I can not use the delete key to erase a word

When in email I can not use the delete key to erase a word.

Yes, it does. It is only in my email through Charter that it does not work. I restored all keyboard shortcuts to the default, but that did not fix the problem. I have a MacBook Air.
I called Charter also, who said it was a Mac problem.
Thank you.

Using the "Delete" Key (fn + delete)

It says in the Boot Camp Installation Guide that hitting (fn + delete) on a mac keyboard is equivalent to the "Delete" key on a PC, while running Windows thru boot camp. This is not working for me. Is there something I'm doing wrong? This is very important that it work for me because I use it all the time.

oh, thought I'd share this with the rest of the thread: my temporary solution to this keyboard support problem. I make registry edits using a program called keytweak to remap keys in windows. to get the Del key back in service I just mapped it's function to the right hand shift key, which I've never used for anything (all left hand shifts). I've also remapped several other keys that aren't working in Boot Camp, but be warned -- any key you remap via a registry edit will no longer respond to the special Fn key modifier commands through Boot Camp. Oh, and I use rEFIt to fix the problem with Boot Camp not displaying my windows partition at startup. I would still prefer a legitimate solution to this problem though, as these 3rd party solutions will not cover everything.

Using the delete key

To delete several letters or spaces at a time I used to be able to push the delete key and hold it down once and it would delete everything until I released it. Now I have to press the delete key for each and every letter or space I want deleted. How can I change this?
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Starflower

All keys should repeat automatically when you hold them down.
goto your system preferences-->Keyboard & Mouse
then select the keyboard tab.
move the key repeat rate slider a few times. Then check the delete key to see if the reenables the repeat.

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Hi joseph,
I too faced a similar kind of a problem since the event data_changed is not trigerred but when i again clicked on the button the event trigerred , what i am trying to convey is if you double click on the push button with 3 seconds gap between clicks then the desired functionality works ( It worked for me ).
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Can't delete messages using delete key in Outlook 2007

After upgrading to Exchange 2010, we are seeing an intermittent problem where users in Outlook 2007 can't delete messages from their inbox using the delete key. Opening the message and clicking delete from there will delete it from the inbox.
They can also drag the messages from the inbox to deleted items.
The issue comes and goes during the day. One minute delete will work and then it won't and then it will again.
Thanks,
Crystal

Hi Crystal,
How many uses have the issue?
Did you check the Outlook add-in or Anti-Virus application?
Please check whether there is any error/warning event in the Event Viewer.
Please recreate the Outlook profile for user if possible.
Please try to run the cmdlet New-MailboxRepairRequest.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff625226.aspx
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Use delete keys in custom key shortcuts?

I know there are OS X shortcuts that use the delete key, like "cmd + del" to "move to trash" and with Panther I could use the delete keys in keyboard shortcuts. But when I try to use the delete key or keys like "home" or "page down" in System Preferences to make shortcut, it just makes a "TINK" noise.
Is it possible to use these "TINK" keys, maybe by editing com files or something?
I would like to change the "move to trash" to just del instead of "cmd + del" as I don't like to use two hands to delete something.
And I also made a service with automator to launch Activity Monitor, and I would like to make the shortcut as "^ + cmd + del" as I am used to launching task manager in Windows with a similar hand gesture.

I would like to change the "move to trash" to just del instead of "cmd + del" as I don't like to use two hands to delete something.
To use just one hand for that, if you are using a Magic Mouse just right-click on the file and select "Move to Trash" from the contextual menu that appears.
I would not try to tinker with that Command-Delete button in the manner you describe. Reason - say you are renaming a file, enter a wrong character and press Delete to remove the character - the file might disappear into the Trash.
Likewise, working in any text app, such as TextEdit or a word-processor, or in a spreadsheet, might get weird if Delete no longer does what is expected by the program.

If I delete a message using delete key, AND the "Find in this message" box is open, should the focus switch to the search box, or remain in the message list?

If the "Find in this message" search box has been left open, but I have selected a message in the message pane, if I use the delete key to delete the current message, the focus moves to the "Find" box. It took me a while to figure out why the focus did not remain in the message list so I could delete the next message. I can regain the desired behavior by closing the search box, but it would be nice to not need to. This is on a Windows 7 OS. I should check to see how it behaves on a Linux box.

Hi,
for the Points
Sometime I think I would like it if I could delete an iMessage completely.
Other times when reading them on my iPhone I wish to leave them until I can answer them with something that is on my Mac.
It seems that as a device or a Mac that is off line can "catch up" on iMessages sent within a few hours would suggest that the iMessages are held on the server for a period.
It would be handy for different levels of "deletion".
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Delete datagridview row using right click context menu does not behave like the delete key

I have a datagridview with editing enabled. If I click the row header and press the delete key, the row is removed no questions asked. I don't recall doing any coding to make this happen but I couldn't do copy and paste using keys so I created a context
menu with copy, paste, & delete. The delete option calls
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1) Why doesn't Rows.RemoveAt behave like the delete key?
2) Is it possible to issue a delete keypress to do the same thing?
3) Is it possible to suppress the RowValidating event or other events when Rows.RemoveAt is fired?

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private void cmsEditItemClick(object sender, ToolStripItemClickedEventArgs e)
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dgvVX130.GetClipboardContent());
// Replace the text box contents with the clipboard text.
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case "Paste":
if (Clipboard.GetDataObject().GetDataPresent(DataFormats.Text) == true)
ClipboardUtils.PasteFromClipboard(dgvVX130);
dgvVX130.NotifyCurrentCellDirty(true);
dgvVX130.EndEdit();
dgvVX130.NotifyCurrentCellDirty(false);
bindingSource1_PositionChanged(this, e);
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break;
default:
//code
break;
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dgvVX130.BeginEdit(false);
((TextBox)dgvVX130.EditingControl).SelectionStart = 0;
//((TextBox)dgvVX130.EditingControl).SelectionLength = 3;
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public static void PasteFromClipboard(DataGridView grid)
try
char[] rowSplitter = { '\r', '\n' };
char[] columnSplitter = { '\t' };
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currentRow = grid.SelectedCells[i].RowIndex;
if (currentColumn > grid.SelectedCells[i].ColumnIndex)
currentColumn = grid.SelectedCells[i].ColumnIndex;
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/* if (grid.Rows.Count < rowInClipboard.Length + currentRow)
grid.Rows.Add(rowInClipboard.Length + currentRow - grid.Rows.Count); */
// paste
for (int iRow = 0; iRow < rowInClipboard.Length; iRow++)
if (iRow + currentRow < grid.Rows.Count)
string[] cellsInRow = rowInClipboard[iRow].Split(columnSplitter);
for (int iCol = 0; iCol < cellsInRow.Length; iCol++)
if (grid.ColumnCount > currentColumn + iCol)
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if (cellsInRow[iCol] == "")
if (grid.Columns[iCol].ValueType.Name == "String")
currentCell.Value = null;
else
currentCell.Value = DBNull.Value;
else
currentCell.Value = cellsInRow[iCol];
switch (iCol)
case 3:
currentCell.Value += "_ChangeColumnName";
break;
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currentCell.Value = grid.Rows[iRow].Cells[iCol].Value;
break;
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catch (Exception e)
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MBA 2013 Set delete key to actually delete in windows?

I have a macbook air 2013 and use it to run windows 7 for work via bootcamp, and os x for play and for my wife to use as well (she's a mac person).
Whats driving me nuts though is the delete key in windows seems to only be able to be set to "back" unless you hold down the fn key at the same time, then it will delete. But I use the delete key to actually delete dozens or more times per day and I'm hoping there is a way I can change the behavior to always delete without needing to do the fn key as well.
Is there a way to do this?

Hi mcdonsco12345,
If you are having issues with key behavior or keyboard mapping in Windows under Boot Camp on your Macbook Air, you may find the following article helpful:
Boot Camp: About keyboards and key assignment for Microsoft Windows
Regards,
- Brenden

Content aware delete key

Started using PS CS5 few days ago, still playing around with the new features, but there is one that I can't figure it out why it was changed, the way the delete (or clear command for that matter) works. Now we have to use "command+delete" keys to just clear a section, or go another step when using just the delete key, to chose which one would you like, foreground or background color, pattern, etc. kind of a weird I would say. The content aware should be "command+delete", and keep the delete key along, I've used for more than 10 years and it worked fine.
Anyway to bring the delete key behavior back to what it was?

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Delete key won't work

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