Support Ctrl + Backspace in TUI
Resolved 💬 4 comments Opened Dec 23, 2025 by LexMoreno36 Closed Feb 23, 2026
What version of Codex is running?
codex-cli 0.77.0
What subscription do you have?
Pro
Which model were you using?
gpt-5.2-codex (but really happens with any)
What platform is your computer?
Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.22631.0 x64
What issue are you seeing?
when I have a word to delete and I press ctrl + backspace to delete whole word, it doesn't work and it only deletes last letter.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Uploaded thread: 019b4cff-4a46-7522
What is the expected behavior?
For the phrase “This is a test”, when Ctrl + Backspace is pressed once while the cursor is positioned at the end of the word “test”, the entire word “test” should be deleted, leaving the phrase as “This is a”.
Additional information
Seems it has never worked
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