# Backspace Delete does not work in FF3 **URL:** \ **Category:** meta\ **Created:** [June 24, 2008, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/backspace-delete-does-not-work-in-ff3/264260 "2008-06-24T14:11:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![artcoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ec8ea/32.png) [@artcoder](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/artcoder)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/backspace-delete-does-not-work-in-ff3/264260/1 "2008-06-24T14:11:30Z")
I just installed FireFox 3 and was typing away in this forum and found that my backspace and delete key did not work in the Rich Text Box. I tried to type a whole post without making any typo mistakes. But found that I make too much mistakes and had to switch to IE7. When I used IE7, it works fine. Has anybody seen this? ---
**Author:** ![fasterthanlight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecc23a/32.png) [@fasterthanlight](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fasterthanlight)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/backspace-delete-does-not-work-in-ff3/264260/2 "2008-06-24T14:27:09Z")
Its been reported already > **[ff3 and the forums](https://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=301384)** > > Got a web design/development question or just want to hang out with the most awesome people on the planet? Drop on in! ---
**Author:** ![sekasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@sekasi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sekasi)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/backspace-delete-does-not-work-in-ff3/264260/3 "2008-06-24T14:27:21Z")
Go to user preferences. “edit options” scroll all the way to the bottom and change “full wysiwyg controls” to the “extra formatting” one (the one in the middle) A bug with that editor and FF3. The extra formatting one is almost as good.