Visual Studio Code - Ctrl + Backspace set to deleteWordBefore

deleteWordbefore

Based on the latest comment https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/68167 I have modified JerryGoyal's answer so we don't have to modify bindings:

Put the following at the top of your Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1 config file (type $profile in the terminal to find it, you might have to create one if it doesn't exist already)

```PowerShell_profile
if ($env:TERM_PROGRAM -eq "vscode") {
  Set-PSReadLineOption -EditMode Emacs
}

This works for me (vscode 1.43)

The command you want is called deleteWordEndLeft. From experimentation, this deletes, to the left, all contiguous non-whitespace characters, followed by all contiguous whitespace characters.

Before:

  this is some example text
                  ^
                cursor (to left of 'm')
After deleteWordEndLeft:

  this is somemple text
              ^
            cursor (to left of 'm')
Hopefully that's the behavior you want! (Sorry for getting it wrong initially.)

To bind it, go into the key bindings (File → Preferences → Keyboard Shortcuts) and use the search box to search for deleteWordEndLeft. That will show you the existing key binding (if any; it is not bound by default on Windows). You can change the keybinding by right-clicking on the binding and choosing Change Keybinding (if bound) or Add Keybinding (if not).