I can reproduce: in english both keys work, but if I start QGIS in German:
qgis3 --lang de then only backspace works, del does not (My OS is Debian english, US keyboard, LANGUAGE=en_US:en Please create an issue for it (and preferably try some other languages too :-) ) Regards, Richard On 06/27/2018 11:12 AM, Frank Broniewski wrote: > Just tried, but to no avail (QGIS 3.2, OSGeo4W64, Windows 10) > > I renamed my profile, started QGIS, created an empty composer, drew a > rectangle and tried to delete it with DEL – does not work, BACKSPACE does > > > > *Von:* Alexandre Neto <senhor.n...@gmail.com> > *Gesendet:* Mittwoch, 27. Juni 2018 11:08 > *An:* DelazJ <del...@gmail.com> > *Cc:* Frank Broniewski <ha...@frankbroniewski.com>; > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > *Betreff:* Re: [Qgis-user] Delete key does not remove item in composer > > > > > > Hi, > > > > On Linux, version 3.2 works as expected, both DELETE and Backspace > remove layout composer items > > > > Can you try to use a clean settings profile and check again? > > > > DelazJ <del...@gmail.com <mailto:del...@gmail.com>> escreveu no dia > quarta, 27/06/2018 às 10:02: > > Hi, > > > > Let's not be so categorical and please, indicate also the platform > you are working on. I've reported a bug long time ago (QGIS 2.8) > about macOS https://issues.qgis.org/issues/12874 > > Checking right now, I can say that: > > - on macOS, QGIS 2.18.0, both buttons do delete composer items > > - on Windows 10, using QGIS 2.18.21 and 3.3, both buttons do the > same thing. > > > > Maybe, there are some local settings that interfere but on my side, > documentation looks right. > > > > Regards, > > Harrissou > > > > 2018-06-27 10:30 GMT+02:00 Frank Broniewski > <ha...@frankbroniewski.com <mailto:ha...@frankbroniewski.com>>: > > Hi, > > I just want to confirm that DELETE never worked for me (can't > recall it ever did), BACKSPACE does though. > > Frank > > Dipl. Geogr. Frank Broniewski > Waldhölzbacher Str. 51 > 66679 Losheim am See > 06872 509 068 4 > 0176 611 26 9 2 6 > www.frankbroniewski.com <http://www.frankbroniewski.com> > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Qgis-user <qgis-user-boun...@lists.osgeo.org > <mailto:qgis-user-boun...@lists.osgeo.org>> Im Auftrag von > Bernhard Ströbl > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 27. Juni 2018 10:25 > An: Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org <mailto:Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org> > Betreff: [Qgis-user] Delete key does not remove item in composer > > > Hi all, > the documentation [1] states that for removing an item in > composer one can either use Backspace or Delete. However Delete > does not work for me :-( Is there anything I am missing? > Tried: > QGIS 2.18.20 on Win7 and Ubuntu 16.04, QGIS 3.2 on Ubuntu 16.04 > > [1] > > https://docs.qgis.org/2.18/en/docs/user_manual/print_composer/overview_composer.html > > Bernhard > > > __________ Information from ESET Mail Security, version of virus > signature database 17619 (20180627) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Mail Security. > http://www.eset.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org <mailto:Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org> > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org <mailto:Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org> > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org <mailto:Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org> > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > > -- > > Alexandre Neto > > --------------------- > > @AlexNetoGeo > > http://sigsemgrilhetas.wordpress.com > > http://gisunchained.wordpress.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user