Del key should delete (in normal mode, too)

[vp2177]

Summary

The Del key should delete the selection(s), in normal mode. I expect it to behave exactly like d. Currently, it only deletes in insert mode.

Reproduction Steps

Helix log

No response

Platform

Linux

Terminal Emulator

GNOME Terminal 3.46.2

Helix Version

23.03

[the-mikedavis]

You can map this in your config:

# ~/.config/helix/config.toml
[keys.normal]
del = "delete_selection"

I don't like adding extra keys for something that already has a keybinding though and d is already very easy to hit.

[vp2177]

I can map it, but I was wondering what the reason was for it not being the default. In the most popular modal editors, both d and <Del> are mapped to the same operation. Is it against Helix philosophy to have multiple keys do the same thing?

[the-mikedavis]

Yeah I don't like having multiple keys to perform the same operation if we can avoid it