WordEraser
- macOS
Terminal-style Ctrl+W word delete that works in every macOS app, not just the shell
WordEraser rewrites Ctrl+W, Ctrl+U, Ctrl+K, and Alt+D into the macOS text-deletion commands, so readline-style editing works everywhere — browsers, Electron apps, native text fields, all of it. Ctrl+W and Ctrl+U are on by default because they are pure rewrites and safe anywhere; Ctrl+K and Alt+D are opt-in since they synthesize a select-and-delete sequence. Onboarding, a settings window, per-shortcut toggles, and launch-at-login are all built in.
What it does
Who this is for
Anyone whose fingers already know readline and keeps closing browser tabs by accident.
Specs
- Platform
- macOS
- Built With
- Swift & SwiftUI
- Requires
- macOS 13+
- Telemetry
- None
WordEraser is still in the lab
Built and running, but not packaged for release — so there is nothing honest to link to yet. It ships when it ships.
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