Delete/Backspace Stops Working in Oracle SQLDeveloper
I a huge fan of Oracle SQL Developer but I ran into an issue a while back that left me scratching my head and re-installing. The issue? Most key strokes other than letters and numbers failed to function. Yeah…no delete or backspace.
When this issue happened a second time I did a little playing with the app and figured out what to do. If you find yourself in a similar predicament simply do this:
- Open SQL Developer
- Click on the Tools > Preferences menu
- Click on Accelerators on the left
- Click the Load Preset… button
Yup. That’s it. The only lame part about that is all your custom key bindings go away and must be re-done. But that is much nicer than re-installing!
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6 Responses to “Delete/Backspace Stops Working in Oracle SQLDeveloper”
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Hath1
Posted: Oct 22nd, 2008 at 11:23 am1 -
DBrown
Posted: Oct 26th, 2008 at 4:03 pmReply to this comment.Happened to me too. I thought about reinstalling, but googling “sqldeveloper enter key” brought up your tip first. Thanks.
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Chris F
Posted: Nov 3rd, 2008 at 8:11 amReply to this comment.Thanks! I needed this!
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Irina
Posted: Nov 11th, 2008 at 8:19 amReply to this comment.You are my hero! I didn’t have the passwords on all of my connections, so the reinstall wasn’t an option. I just suffered for days until I googled this! Thanks!!
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muffinimal
Posted: Dec 8th, 2008 at 9:10 amReply to this comment.Thanks! After half a day of frustration I decided to search for this particular behaviour! Thanks for figuring this out!
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Indu
Posted: Dec 29th, 2008 at 9:05 pmReply to this comment.Thanks a lot. I spent half a day in trying out various options.
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Thank you!
Just spent hours trying to figure this out! Even unzipping a fresh copy didn’t solve this issue, but the Loading to Presets did!