I am using Eclipse Java IDE for Web Developers (Oxygen.3a.Release (4.7.3a)) on Ubuntu 16.04.4 and within code I am unable to delete the previous word relative to my text pointer. The command is supposed to be Ctrl + Backspace, but this doesn't work. The command Ctrl + Del does not work either.
Is this a known problem/bug? Is there a way to fix it?
Best Answer
I faced the same issue with a fresh installation of Eclipse 4.9 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
I noticed that not only Ctrl+Backspace did not work, but in fact a lot more, e.g. Ctrl+Delete or Ctrl+->/<-.
It seems that this issue is caused by a bug in the Eclipse's welcome screen. To resolve the issue follow these steps:
This question and answer on SO led me to the right direction.