tap-and-hold Backspace key should delete by words, not letter-by-letter
Denis Yurkin
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In SwiftKey 4 if SwiftKey Flow is enabled you can press and hold the backspace key in order to delete whole words. The speed of deletion accelerates as you continue to hold. If SwiftKey Flow is switched off, you can continue to use the previous slide-to-delete function.
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16 comments
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Olivier Hokke commented
So it isnt possible to enable both functions at the same time? That would be a huge bummer.
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@Sarah, I second comment by TheGuyInUrCloset:
@Sarah
I think it would still be better to be able to tap and hold. The swiping works great if you need to delete a single word or maybe two or three (perhaps better than holding backspace would) but when it comes to deleting entire sentences or possibly even an entire paragraph, it becomes very tiresome to swipe and swipe and swipe. It would be far more comfortable to simply press and hold backspace. -
Patrick-Julian Q. Fulgado commented
Interestingly enough this suggestion is now in SwiftKey Flow but a lot of people want Swipe to delete back. Can't satisfy everyone.
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El Carumba
commented
Disagree, what then will erase letters?
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TheGuyInUrCloset
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Also, +1 to the idea of tap and hold to delete words left of the cursor but double tap and hold to delete the entire word the cursor is on too.
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TheGuyInUrCloset
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@Sarah
I think it would still be better to be able to tap and hold. The swiping works great if you need to delete a single word or maybe two or three (perhaps better than holding backspace would) but when it comes to deleting entire sentences or possibly even an entire paragraph, it becomes very tiresome to swipe and swipe and swipe. It would be far more comfortable to simply press and hold backspace. -
Yvette
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maybe I'm a slow swipper but, it doesn't work and I end up with a bigger mess. I hate this functionality / inability to do a massive delete. Likewise, if I'm typing fast and tap some mysterious code, when I'm just trying to enter line breaks, I get a mess of smileys question marks, then suddenly all is lost. wtf? an "undo " tool would be fantastic!
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TJ
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That function exist already with swipe
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Lauro Santiago
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+1. I use my smart to type ideas and answer a lot of emails. This can make my use really easier.
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"If you’d like to delete a whole word you can just swipe right-to-left across your keyboard.
Thanks."Noo, this is not always good enough, because then you have to swype word for word. Just using the delete button is much easier for deleting loads of words!!
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Scott commented
Holding it should also delete characters after when you started backspacing too. Like if you deleting part of a sentence and where you started at gets to the start after backspacing, it should keep deleting if you are holding it down.
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Kenny Lim
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On my Andriod, your tap-and-hold Backspace repeats the word typed instead.
Motorola Defy
Eclair 2.1
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Oops, I was wrong - double-tap followed by Backspace should delete the whole word; tap-and-hold Backspace deletes only whatever on left from cursor, and it's fine.
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> swiping left erases one word at a time...
Well, it erases only a part of word left to cursor--leaving the right-hand part unchanged. Ideally it should delete the whole focused word (at least, from my experience with Swype, it is really convenient).
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Anonymous
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> Denis / Cathal
Perhaps it isn't exactly what you're looking for, but to erase a few words, swiping left works very well. It erases one word at a time and if you're quick you can very swiftly erase a whole paragraph.
The behaviour you describe would be useful too.
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Cathal
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badly needed
