- Keyboard Position
- Delete key deletes characters ahead or beneath cursor in text mode
- On Apple keyboards, delete key performs backspace function
- Key position varies between IBM notebooks and standard keyboards
- Some compact keyboards use Fn+Delete combination instead of Backspace
- Functionality
- Deletes characters one position back in text editing
- Used in GUI applications to remove selected objects
- On Mac, both delete and forward delete keys have same effect
- Unix systems map delete to ESC escape code
- Additional Features
- Modern motherboards use delete key for BIOS setup screen
- GUI applications may show confirmation dialog for deletion
- Some applications use Undo function to reverse deletions
- Mac users can assign delete to alternative keys using third-party apps