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My terminal emulator in which I use vim is alacritty, and I want the key combination control + backspace to do the same that control + w does when in insert mode (i.e. delete the entire last word). So far I've tried to add imap <C-Back> <C-W> to my .vimrc which however doesn't seem to change anything. Does someone have an idea how to achieve the desired behaviour?

The terminal emulator I'm using is alacritty, os is arco linux.

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  • Usually, vim is not able to distinguish between Ctrl+Backspace and just Backspace, so this might be the reason why this is happening. There are features that make distinguishing between these possible (see :help modifyOtherKeys), but that depends on the exact terminal you're using. Maybe edit your question to give more information about your setup, which O.S., which terminal emulator, etc.
    – filbranden ♦
    May 13, 2022 at 14:58
  • @filbranden ok, I've edited my question
    – Richard
    May 13, 2022 at 15:17
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    Note that backspace is spelled <BS> in :help key-notation, so you would need <C-BS>
    – D. Ben Knoble ♦
    May 13, 2022 at 17:39
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    @D.BenKnoble thanks for pointing out, I've already tried out both.
    – Richard
    May 13, 2022 at 17:46

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