I set CtrlW as a shortcut for all applications in the System Preferences => Keyboard => Shortcuts.
They are working in many apps (like Safari), but not in Terminal and in Finder.
Is CtrlW a system shortcut?
I shouldn't have conflicts with other shortcuts with the same combination of keys, the yellow warning triangle is not shown.
Best Answer
ControlW is an assigned shortcut in
Bash
. Notice, I said,Bash
and not "Terminal" - basically it's present across all systems from Linux, BSD, macOS and Unix.ControlW is "delete word." It's similar to the ⌫ Delete (aka Backspace) except it deletes an entire word.
For more info on keyboard shortcuts see: https://ss64.com/bash/syntax-keyboard.html