From 2274667e2db1f9ed8fa365e7b528b05ccf6b5559 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ian Macdonald <ian@caliban.org>
Date: Thu, 5 May 2022 09:05:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat: make delete and backspace keys work the same as delete
 button

---
 ts/components/conversation/SessionConversation.tsx | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ts/components/conversation/SessionConversation.tsx b/ts/components/conversation/SessionConversation.tsx
index 25cd9ce57..764d0a267 100644
--- a/ts/components/conversation/SessionConversation.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/conversation/SessionConversation.tsx
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ import { SessionSpinner } from '../basic/SessionSpinner';
 import { RightPanel, StyledRightPanelContainer } from './right-panel/RightPanel';
 
 const DEFAULT_JPEG_QUALITY = 0.85;
-
+import { deleteMessagesByIdForEveryone } from '../../interactions/conversations/unsendingInteractions';
+// tslint:disable: jsx-curly-spacing
 interface State {
   isDraggingFile: boolean;
 }
@@ -352,6 +353,12 @@ export class SessionConversation extends React.Component<Props, State> {
           if (selectionMode) {
             window.inboxStore?.dispatch(resetSelectedMessageIds());
           }
+	  break;
+        case 'Backspace':
+        case 'Delete':
+          if (selectionMode) {
+            void deleteMessagesByIdForEveryone(this.props.selectedMessages, this.props.selectedConversationKey);
+          }
           break;
         default:
       }