Hi Jenny, Gigi, Stacey, and Others, The shortcut combinations that Colin lists of Fn+Delete to forward delete a character, Fn+Option+Delete to forward delete a word, and Option+Delete to delete the previous word will work for the Apple Wireless Keyboard, any Mac laptop keyboard, and any full-sized Apple keyboard made after 2008, but only when you are typing on a Mac. You cannot use these shortcut key combinations when you have paired an Apple Wireless Keyboard to an iOS device. The Fn and Option keys you type will be ignored, and only the Delete key will take effect, at least at the present time with any iOS system up through 5.1. Basically, keyboard combinations with the "Fn" key remain undefined for iOS devices up through the present time. The iPad Keyboard Dock that was designed for the first generation iPad does not even have an "Fn" key included on the bottom row of keys.
On a laptop keyboard, some keys that are present on a full-size Apple keyboard are represented with "Fn" key combinations. So the "Home", "End", "Page Up", and "Page Down" keys are typed by pressing the "Fn" key in combination with the left, right, up, and down arrow keys, respectively. If you enter keyboard help mode with VO-k, and type these Fn-key combinations, you'll hear VoiceOver say "Home", "End", etc. If you press Fn+delete you'll hear "Forward Delete" and Fn+return gives "Enter". Press the escape key to exit keyboard practice mode. Note that when you try the same action of entering keyboard help mode on an Apple Wireless Keyboard paired to an iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad, pressing the "Fn" key combinations do not get announced as special keys. If you want to forward delete a character in iOS using your paired Bluetooth keyboard, you'd have to press Shift+right arrow to select/highlight the next character and then press delete. Similarly, to forward delete a word in iOS, you'd have to hold down the Shift key for selecting, then additionally press the option+right arrow keys to advance your selection to the end of the word, then release these keys and press the delete key. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Apr 24, 2012, at 4:21 AM, Jenny Keller wrote: > thanks for that information. > > I had no idea. > > Jenny > On Apr 24, 2012, at 8:15 AM, Red.Falcon wrote: > >> Hi there! >> >> Use the fn key with the delete key! >> And using the option key as well deletes a word so fn+option+delete forward >> deletes a word! >> And Option+delete deletes a word! >> >> hth Colin >> >> On 24 Apr 2012, at 13:51, Jenny Keller wrote: >> >>> where is the forward delete key on the wireless Mac keyboard without the >>> number pad? >>> >>> Jenny >>> On Apr 24, 2012, at 6:52 AM, Stacey Robinson wrote: >>> >>>> Not confusing at all. >>>> Got it. >>>> Thanks, >>>> On Apr 23, 2012, at 10:41 PM, Steve Holmes wrote: >>>> >>>>> In OS/X and GUI environments in Linux type systems, the insertion point >>>>> (cursor) sits between the character just typed and any future characters >>>>> typed after that. What I mean is say you typed something like Testing123 >>>>> and then move the insertion point back over that phrase; say we leave >>>>> that point between the end of test and before 123. Now, the normal >>>>> delete key on the mac is located where the typical backspace key is on >>>>> other computers. Pressing it will delete characters to the left so for >>>>> our example, pressing the normal delete key would erase the t and >>>>> pressing it again would erase the letter s and so on. I don't remember >>>>> what key on a mac would do a forward delete but whatever it is, it would >>>>> delete characters to the right of the insertion point. So back to our >>>>> example before any deletes, pressing a forward delete would erase 1, then >>>>> 2, then 3. That reminds me of the standard delete key function on other >>>>> computers like in Windows, Linux command line or where ever. >>>>> >>>>> Hope this wasn't too confusing. >>>>> >>>>> On Apr 23, 2012, at 8:45 AM, Stacey Robinson wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> What is the difference between delete and forward delete? >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> Stacey and Geb dog Chesley >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> [email protected]. >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> [email protected]. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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