Bidi.edit.delete immediately

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The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. The correct title is bidi.edit.delete_immediately.

This article describes the preference bidi.edit.delete_immediately. To add, delete, or modify this preference, you will need to edit your configuration — do not edit this article.

1 Background
2 Possible values and their effects
- 2.1 True
- 2.2 False
3 First checked in
4 Has an effect in
5 Related bugs

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Background

When editing text that includes both left-to-right and right-to-left languages, the delete and backspace keys may have unwanted or unexpected behavior. At intersections of LTR and RTL text, the caret may be on the “wrong” side of a character that would be removed by pressing delete or backspace. This preference controls what happens when delete or backspace is pressed.

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Possible values and their effects

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True

Immediately delete the character, even if the caret is not visually adjacent to the character.

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False

Instead of immediately deleting the character, move the caret to the “correct” visual position and allow the character to be removed with a second keypress. (Default)

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