The key is also used by many GUI applications to request deletion of the currently-selected object, for example a file in a file browser or a block of text in a word processor. When struck on a computer keyboard during text or command editing, the delete key ( Delete or Del), known less ambiguously as forward delete, discards the character ahead of the cursor's position, moving all following characters one position "back" towards the freed letterspace.
On some compact keyboards (for example, the 60-key Happy Hacking Keyboard), the Delete key replaces the conventional Backspace key, and the Backspace function is achieved by holding the FN key and pressing Delete.
The Delete key is typically smaller and less-conveniently located than the Backspace key, and on keyboards where space is limited, for example those omitting the numeric keypad or virtual keyboards on mobile devices, it is often omitted altogether. On a Macbook, the forward delete function can be achieved using the FN+ ← Backspace key combination. On this row of smaller keys, the position of the Delete key is positioned at or near the right-hand end. Many laptops add rows of smaller keys above the Function key line to add keys on a non-standard size keyboard. In other cases, the Delete key is in its original IBM notebook position of above and to the right of the Backspace key. However, sometimes the key labelled Delete performs the Backspace function instead, for example on some Apple keyboards. A dedicated symbol for "delete" exists as U+2326 ⌦ but its use as a keyboard label is not universal.
#Mac delete key vs backspace Pc#
The key appears on English-language IBM-compatible PC keyboards labeled as Delete or Del, sometimes accompanied by a crossed-out right-arrow symbol.
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