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Firefox: Backspace will not delete inserted elements

allolex edited this page Dec 4, 2014 · 1 revision

You will not be able to delete inserted items in Firefox inside a contenteditable element using backspace.

Almost all browsers (including IE > 7) can delete the inserted items using the backspace key, but not Firefox.

This is an open bug on Mozilla's bug tracker:

Bug 685445 - Contenteditable=false elements in contenteditable=true elements cannot be deleted by using Backspace

The user has to select the whole item to delete it.