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by weejewel 1538 days ago
I meant to say — Because Microsoft doesn't lead by example and doesn't offer the correct documentation & tooling.
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They also don't lead by example in their software.

In basically every single text field/area in Windows, `CTRL Delete` deletes the current word and leaves the space before it, so if you type "Hello Hello", hit ctrl delete, and then type "Goodbye" your result will be "Hello Goodbye".

In Windows Mail, for reasons unknown, it deletes all the way to the last character of the previous word. So if you type "Hello Hello", hit ctrl delete, and type "Goodbye", you get "HelloGoodbye". It's baffling. Why make a unique UI element just for this that's inconsistent with the rest of the operating system?