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@luisrudge
luisrudge
opened on Dec 2, 2025

Description

it was working until last week

OpenCode version

1.0.126

Steps to reproduce

type a few words in macos. press option + delete to delete a word, it only deletes a character.

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mac

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ghostty

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  1. luisrudge
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    bugSomething isn't working
    on Dec 2, 2025
  2. github-actions
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    opentuiThis relates to changes in v1.0, now that opencode uses opentui
    on Dec 2, 2025

  3. github-actions commented on Dec 2, 2025

    @github-actions
    github-actionsBot
    on Dec 2, 2025 – with GitHub Actions
    Contributor

    This issue might be a duplicate of existing issues. Please check:

    Feel free to ignore if none of these address your specific case.

  4. rekram1-node
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    kommander
    on Dec 2, 2025

  5. luisrudge commented on Dec 2, 2025

    @luisrudge
    luisrudge
    on Dec 2, 2025
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    interesting.. it works in vscode's (cursor's) terminal. but it doesn't work in ghostty or macos terminal

  6. rekram1-node
    added a parent issue on Dec 2, 2025

  7. kommander commented on Dec 15, 2025

    @kommander
    kommander
    on Dec 15, 2025 – with Linear
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    macos terminal before Tahoe does not support modifyOtherKeys, so it won't work there, but behaviour should be better in the latest version and option+delete and option+backspace are now mapped to by-word actions by default.

  8. kommander
    closed this as completedon Dec 15, 2025

  9. luisrudge commented on Dec 16, 2025

    @luisrudge
    luisrudge
    on Dec 16, 2025
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    @kommander do you mean in opencode or on opentui (meaning we need to wait for an update in OC with the new opentui version)? Asking it because it's still not fixed in 1.0.161

  10. kommander commented on Dec 16, 2025

    @kommander
    kommander
    on Dec 16, 2025 – with Linear
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    Where doesn't it work?

  11. luisrudge commented on Dec 16, 2025

    @luisrudge
    luisrudge
    on Dec 16, 2025
    Author

    opencode terminal text area

  12. supnim commented on Dec 16, 2025

    @supnim
    supnim
    on Dec 16, 2025

    just to note: option + backspace works in claude code via ghostty

  13. kommander commented on Dec 16, 2025

    @kommander
    kommander
    on Dec 16, 2025
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    @luisrudge @supnim what is in your opencode configs? Custom or default?

  14. supnim commented on Dec 16, 2025

    @supnim
    supnim
    on Dec 16, 2025

    default boss

  15. kommander commented on Dec 16, 2025

    @kommander
    kommander
    on Dec 16, 2025 – with Linear
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    I cannot reproduce this, option+backspace deletes the word before the cursor and option+delete deletes the word after the cursor as expected. Did something mess with the Ghostty config?

  16. luisrudge commented on Dec 16, 2025

    @luisrudge
    luisrudge
    on Dec 16, 2025
    Author

    default opencode config

    ghostty config:

    keybind = shift+enter=text:\n
confirm-close-surface=false
working-directory = ~/Developer/

  17. luisrudge commented on Dec 17, 2025

    @luisrudge
    luisrudge
    on Dec 17, 2025
    Author

    interesting that I can navigate with option + arrow left/right and it navigates correctly. it's only an issue if I'm deleting text

  18. supnim commented on Dec 17, 2025

    @supnim
    supnim
    on Dec 17, 2025

    ghostty config:

    theme = dark:"Material Darker",light:"Violet Light"
window-inherit-working-directory = true
fullscreen = true
working-directory = /Users/nimesh/Code/aiagent
unfocused-split-opacity = 1
keybind = shift+enter=text:\n

    Okay, I messed around a bit more, and found thatctrl + backspacedoes the behaviour of what i except option + backspace to do.

    ps. im on a mac

  19. aryaMode commented on Dec 21, 2025

    @aryaMode
    aryaMode
    on Dec 21, 2025

    Setting up my ghostty config up like this worked for me:

    macos-option-as-alt = true
    keybind = alt+backspace=text:\x1b\x7f
    keybind = alt+delete=esc:d

  20. luisrudge commented on Dec 22, 2025

    @luisrudge
    luisrudge
    on Dec 22, 2025
    Author
    macos-option-as-alt = true

    this works. really unfortunate that opencode doesn't work with the default options, though.

  21. supnim commented on Dec 27, 2025

    @supnim
    supnim
    on Dec 27, 2025

    Setting up my ghostty config up like this worked for me:

    macos-option-as-alt = true keybind = alt+backspace=text:\x1b\x7f keybind = alt+delete=esc:d

    this worked for me! thank you

  22. valtism commented on Dec 27, 2025

    @valtism
    valtism
    on Dec 27, 2025

    @kommander I think this is still an issue and should be reopened. It does not work by default for me with MacOS and Ghostty

  23. rekram1-node commented on Dec 27, 2025

    @rekram1-node
    rekram1-node
    on Dec 27, 2025
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    What version of ghostty are you on, im on macos and default ghostty (v1.2.3) cannot replicate issue

  24. valtism commented on Dec 27, 2025

    @valtism
    valtism
    on Dec 27, 2025

    MacOS 26.1 and Ghostty tip (commit 669733d59 build 13319) tested with default config

    opt + backspace just does a single backspace. cmd + backspace works (deletes entire line)

  25. jakst commented on Dec 28, 2025

    @jakst
    jakst
    on Dec 28, 2025

    I have the issue with MacOS v26.1, OpenCode v1.0.206, and Ghostty v1.2.3.

    ctrl+backspace and ctrl+w works to delete word backwards, and opt+delete (i.e. fn+opt+backspace) works to delete word forward. But opt+backpsace does not delete word backwards.

  26. andrempeixoto commented on Feb 18, 2026

    @andrempeixoto
    andrempeixoto
    on Feb 18, 2026

    This worked for me, in Ghostty config:

    # Treats Option as Alt, enabling standard word-jump/delete shortcuts
macos-option-as-alt = true

  27. vaspoz commented on Mar 3, 2026

    @vaspoz
    vaspoz
    on Mar 3, 2026

    in warp it doesn't work as well, no one mentioned combination

  28. kommander commented on Mar 3, 2026

    @kommander
    kommander
    on Mar 3, 2026 – with Linear
    Collaborator

    That is a MacOS system level issue, for most terminals you either have to set "use option as meta key" in system settings or in the terminal config.

  29. vaspoz commented on Mar 3, 2026

    @vaspoz
    vaspoz
    on Mar 3, 2026

    That is a MacOS system level issue, for most terminals you either have to set "use option as meta key" in system settings or in the terminal config.

    No, it’s not
    Same terminal, same OS, Claude Code - works, OpenCode - doesn’t

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