deletingmacbook protouch-bar
I recently got a new MacbookPro with the Touch Bar, I would like to add a button to the control strip that acts like a typical delete key, AKA it removes the character in front of the cursor.
Is it possible to add a delete button without paid software?
There is no way to customize it yet. Seems to be ample space to place them around the "Play" icon.
As @Patrick mentions in his answer, one cause of this problem is Karabiner-Elements not enabling the Touch Bar "keyboard" by default. The solution is to enable that keyboard in Karabiner-Elements Preferences (Vendor ID 1452, Product ID 34304) as shown in following screenshot:
I filed Touch Bar keyboard should be enabled by default · Issue #1700 · tekezo/Karabiner-Elements to request it be enabled by default in Karabiner-Elements.
More information in the following comments:
Best Answer
I haven't tried this but in theory I think it could work.
You can try making the touchbar show function keys for that app so that you do not need to hold fn: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207240
Then download Karabiner-Elements (which is free) to change one of the function keys to a delete key.