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Incorrect backspace behaviour #25856

@Simone1223

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@Simone1223

What happened?

Hello, I ran gemini-cli from the VS Code terminal, which found and installed a new release, version 0.39.0.
Once the update was complete, I ran gemini-cli again and noticed that pressing the Backspace key on the keyboard performed the same function as Ctrl+Backspace, i.e. it deleted the entire previous word instead of just the last letter.

What did you expect to happen?

I expected only the last letter to be deleted, not a whole word.

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  • CLI Version: 0.39.0
  • Git Commit: 398f78d
  • Session ID: b4150a3f-64c7-442f-b3a4-42be66fdda6b
  • Operating System: win32 v22.13.1
  • Sandbox Environment: no sandbox
  • Model Version: gemini-3-flash-preview
  • Auth Type: oauth-personal
  • Memory Usage: 237.8 MB
  • Terminal Name: xterm.js(6.1.0-beta.197)
  • Terminal Background: #282c34
  • Kitty Keyboard Protocol: Supported
  • IDE Client: VS Code

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