add more keybindings so that i can use ctrl+backspace to backward delete a word or ctrl+x to kill a line when adding new todo in tui

[alexzanderr]

when using terminals you have ctrl+w to backward delete a word and ctrl+u to kill a line (delete the entire line)

personally, i dont like using ctrl+w to backward delete word, i feel very comfortable with ctrl+backspace

is there a way to map the ctrl+backspace to that i can backward delete a word using taskwarrior-tui?

if not, i would request a feature for additional keybindings.

thanks.

[kdheepak]

Currently there’s no way to reconfigure it but I’m open to adding ctrl backspace as an additional way to remove the previous word. I can add that as a feature.

[alexzanderr]

thank you so much!

[kdheepak]

It looks like crossterm (the library that I'm using) doesn't support this: crossterm-rs/crossterm#575. I'll keep an eye on the related issues, but for now this is not possible to implement.

[kdheepak]

I've added support for CtrlBackspace and AltBackspace for backspace word (as well as CtrlDelete and AltDelete for forward delete word). However, until crossterm supports CtrlBackspace, that code path will never be processed. Once they do add it (if it is even possible to add it), the next release of this tool will automatically support it.

AltBackspace works now for me though, so you can try that instead. I'll close this issue for now. Feel free to reopen if you think this is not resolved.

[kdheepak]

This feature is available in https://github.com/kdheepak/taskwarrior-tui/releases/tag/v0.13.31

[alexzanderr]

thanks a lot for support!

[alexzanderr]

so this release will be available when they update crossterm? i mean avaiable for me who i want to install taskwarrior-tui or update using pacman or pamac package manager for arch.

i know i can download the source and compile, or download alreay compiled.

but the question is: the release is not visible for pacman right now? right?

[kdheepak]

This release will be available now and you can use meta or option or alt + backspace. However, ctrl backspace won’t work until crossterm releases a new release, after which if I update the dependencies and make a new release that’ll work too. Hope that clarifies it.

[alexzanderr]

yes. thanks