NSResponderMBS.deleteBackward

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	Cocoa	MBS MacBase Plugin	8.4	✅ Yes	❌ No	❌ No	✅ Yes	Desktop & iOS

Implemented by subclasses to delete the selection, if there is one, or a single element backward from the insertion point (a letter or character in text, for example).

NSResponder declares but doesn't implement this method.

NSResponderMBS.deleteBackwardByDecomposingPreviousCharacter

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	Cocoa	MBS MacBase Plugin	8.4	✅ Yes	❌ No	❌ No	✅ Yes	Desktop & iOS

Implemented by subclasses to delete the selection, if there is one, or a single character backward from the insertion point.

If the previous character is canonically decomposable, this method should try to delete only the last character in the grapheme cluster (for example, deleting "a"+ "'" results in "a"). NSResponder declares but does not implement this method.

NSResponderMBS.deleteForward

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	Cocoa	MBS MacBase Plugin	8.4	✅ Yes	❌ No	❌ No	✅ Yes	Desktop & iOS

Implemented by subclasses to delete the selection, if there is one, or a single element forward from the insertion point (a letter or character in text, for example).

NSResponder declares but doesn't implement this method.

NSResponderMBS.deleteToBeginningOfLine

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	Cocoa	MBS MacBase Plugin	8.4	✅ Yes	❌ No	❌ No	✅ Yes	Desktop & iOS

Implemented by subclasses to delete the selection, if there is one, or all text from the insertion point to the beginning of a line (typically of text).

Also places the deleted text into the kill buffer. NSResponder declares but doesn't implement this method.

NSResponderMBS.deleteToBeginningOfParagraph

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	Cocoa	MBS MacBase Plugin	8.4	✅ Yes	❌ No	❌ No	✅ Yes	Desktop & iOS

Implemented by subclasses to delete the selection, if there is one, or all text from the insertion point to the beginning of a paragraph of text.

Also places the deleted text into the kill buffer. NSResponder declares but doesn't implement this method.

NSResponderMBS.deleteToEndOfLine

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	Cocoa	MBS MacBase Plugin	8.4	✅ Yes	❌ No	❌ No	✅ Yes	Desktop & iOS

Implemented by subclasses to delete the selection, if there is one, or all text from the insertion point to the end of a line (typically of text).

Also places the deleted text into the kill buffer. NSResponder declares but doesn't implement this method.

NSResponderMBS.deleteToEndOfParagraph

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	Cocoa	MBS MacBase Plugin	8.4	✅ Yes	❌ No	❌ No	✅ Yes	Desktop & iOS

Implemented by subclasses to delete the selection, if there is one, or all text from the insertion point to the end of a paragraph of text.

Also places the deleted text into the kill buffer. NSResponder declares but doesn't implement this method.

NSResponderMBS.deleteToMark

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	Cocoa	MBS MacBase Plugin	8.4	✅ Yes	❌ No	❌ No	✅ Yes	Desktop & iOS

Implemented by subclasses to delete the selection, if there is one, or all items from the insertion point to a previously placed mark, including the selection itself if not empty.

Also places the deleted text into the kill buffer. NSResponder declares but doesn't implement this method.

NSResponderMBS.deleteWordBackward

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	Cocoa	MBS MacBase Plugin	8.4	✅ Yes	❌ No	❌ No	✅ Yes	Desktop & iOS

Implemented by subclasses to delete the selection, if there is one, or a single word backward from the insertion point.

NSResponder declares but doesn't implement this method.

NSResponderMBS.deleteWordForward

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	Cocoa	MBS MacBase Plugin	8.4	✅ Yes	❌ No	❌ No	✅ Yes	Desktop & iOS

Implemented by subclasses to delete the selection, if there is one, or a single word forward from the insertion point.

NSResponder declares but doesn't implement this method.