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Control + Y does not undo. Control + Z works fine erasing entire message. Why doesn't the undo function work like a normal back button?

davidnelso
davidnelso
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Lately I have been accidentally hitting some keys that have made my message totally disappear while composing a message. And it seems to be random keys I have been hitting that make it disappear. So I was hoping the Control + Y undo shortcut would work - and it doesn't. Very frustrating.

Lately I have been accidentally hitting some keys that have made my message totally disappear while composing a message. And it seems to be random keys I have been hitting that make it disappear. So I was hoping the Control + Y undo shortcut would work - and it doesn't. Very frustrating.

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Unless your system has something special going on, the platform conventions for Windows are:

  • Ctrl+z = UNDO last user action
  • Ctrl+y = RE-DO last user action

These are not always available, because they depend the application to keep track of the action and either roll it back or repeat it.