# Delete key not working in outliner of SU Pro 2022 anymore

**URL:** <https://forums.sketchup.com/t/delete-key-not-working-in-outliner-of-su-pro-2022-anymore/190017>\
**Category:** Technical Problems\
**Tags:** bug\
**Created:** [February 15, 2022, 11:53pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/delete-key-not-working-in-outliner-of-su-pro-2022-anymore/190017 "2022-02-15T23:53:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![TDahl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/tdahl/32/11584_2.png) [@TDahl](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/TDahl)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 12:55am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/delete-key-not-working-in-outliner-of-su-pro-2022-anymore/190017/2 "2022-02-16T00:55:11Z")

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It was reported a few weeks ago that the Outliner seems to eat all keyboard shortcuts, or otherwise cause many of them to be no-ops.

> [@SketchUp 2022 - all keyboard shortcuts don't work in SU2022 when the Outliner is the active window - update: fixed in 22.0.354](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-2022-all-keyboard-shortcuts-dont-work-in-su2022-when-the-outliner-is-the-active-window/188482):
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> This is a followup on an earlier topic [SketchUp 2022: can't delete objects anymore from the Outliner without activating the viewport](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/sketchup-2022-cant-delete-objects-anymore-from-the-outliner-without-activating-the-viewport/188029/) It turns out all keyboard shortcuts don’t work anymore in SU2022 after selecting an object in the Outliner until the 3d viewport is activated. Steps to reproduce: create a few objects open the Outliner, select an object in the Outliner press a keyboard shortcut like ‘delete’ or ‘h’ for hide or ‘u’ for unhide, ‘g’ for grouping etc. → nothing happens (windows ‘din…

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