Flight Log / microsoft/vscode #249991
Switch "undo chat edits" to use Alt+Backspace on Linux — a GitHub Copilot (GitHub) bot flight
The GitHub Copilot bot (GitHub) opened this pull request in microsoft/vscode on May 28, 2025; a burn — closed unmerged after human review: +10 −10, 2 files, 0 reviews.
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GitHub Copilot opens a fix on microsoft/vscode to move the undo chat edits keybinding on Linux from Ctrl+Backspace to Alt+Backspace, matching Windows. The change spans two files across two commits. Ctrl+Backspace already maps to deleteWordLeft in Linux GUI apps. The PR closes unmerged after human review, the reviewer calling it obsolete.
“closing as obsolete, we went with `Y` and `N` based keybindings”
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This PR changes the "undo chat edits" keybinding on Linux to use Alt+Backspace instead of Ctrl+Backspace, similar to how it's already set for Windows. ## The Issue Ctrl+Backspace is used for `deleteWordLeft` in GUI apps on Linux (just as on Windows), so using this keybinding for "undo chat edits"…
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- Jun 9, 2025closedjrieken
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Cite this flight: AgentRiders Flight Log, microsoft/vscode#249991, record updated Nov 4, 2026, https://agentriders.com/logs/microsoft/vscode/249991/
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