Add an x on the left too

[dpsanders]

It is annoying to have to move the pointer all the way to the other side of the cell to delete it.
Could there be an x in the left margin too?

[fonsp]

Would a keyboard shortcut also make you happy?

[fonsp]

It's Ctrl+Shift+Delete right now I think but on Firefox that doesn't work :(

[dpsanders]

A keyboard shortcut would make me happy yes. No Delete key on Mac?

[fonsp]

Right

[fonsp]

The new shortcut is:

Ctrl+A or Cmd+A to select all code
Backspace or Delete to delete the code
Backspace or Delete again to delete the cell and move focus to the previous/next cell

[fonsp]

I will release the update soon :)

[fonsp]

@dpsanders Close this issue if you are happy with the new shortcuts :)

[dpsanders]

I personally don't actually like this. I tend to press backspace many times to delete stuff...

[ixzh]

Yeah.had three four cells gone before I realised this change.

Maybe need some time to adjust to it. But the old SHIFT+DEL was quite safe, though not as convenient.

[cmcaine]

A vim-inspired workflow might be to type ctrl-o to enter "normal (cell) mode" for one operation, then type Del or Backspace. This extends to other things, like ctrl-o UpArrow to move to the previous cell or whatever.

Ctrl or Shift-del or Shift-BS would work for me, too and I think I tried them when I was using Pluto, so they might even be discoverable for some users.

[fonsp]

Adding a duplicate button goes against Pluto's design philosophy, and the original issue (too cumbersome to delete a cell) was solved by the new backspace behavior.

Let's continue the criticism/alternatives to this new behavior in #408