What is the difference between the del and backspace keys?
What is the difference between the del and backspace keys?
Question
What is the difference between the del and backspace keys?Answer
Both
the del or delete key and backspace key are used to delete text.
However, when dealing with text pressing the del key deletes text to the
right of the cursor
and pressing the backspace key deletes text to the left (backwards) of
the cursor. For example, if you were to click and make the cursor at the
end of the below example text and press delete nothing will happen
because there is no text to the right. However, if you press the
backspace key the end of the text would begin to be deleted.
Note: On Apple Macintosh computers using an Apple keyboard the delete key is in the same location as the backspace key on PC
computer keyboards. Although this key is tabled as the "delete" key, it
still functions the same as the "backspace" key. In other words, with
Apple keyboards there is no backspace key, only a delete key that
deletes text to the left of the cursor. If you wanted to delete text to
the right like a delete key on a PC press the Fn + Delete key to delete
text to the right.
