Delete/Backspace Stops Working in Oracle SQLDeveloper

September 18, 2008 | Filed Under Blog, Technology 

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:

  1. Open SQL Developer
  2. Click on the Tools > Preferences menu
  3. Click on Accelerators on the left
  4. 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”

  1. AvatarHath1
    Posted: Oct 22nd, 2008 at 11:23 am

    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!

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  2. AvatarDBrown
    Posted: Oct 26th, 2008 at 4:03 pm

    Happened to me too. I thought about reinstalling, but googling “sqldeveloper enter key” brought up your tip first. Thanks.

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  3. AvatarChris F
    Posted: Nov 3rd, 2008 at 8:11 am

    Thanks! I needed this!

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  4. AvatarIrina
    Posted: Nov 11th, 2008 at 8:19 am

    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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  5. Avatarmuffinimal
    Posted: Dec 8th, 2008 at 9:10 am

    Thanks! After half a day of frustration I decided to search for this particular behaviour! Thanks for figuring this out!

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  6. AvatarIndu
    Posted: Dec 29th, 2008 at 9:05 pm

    Thanks a lot. I spent half a day in trying out various options.

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