Thank you Hans.  Great work around I appreciate it.

I am using a mac keyboard - it has a key labeled "delete" but it functions
as a backspace.  The laptop is also labeled with delete key, same
functionality.

Cheers,
Bethany

On 4/17/13 4:01 PM, "Hans Breuer" <h...@breuer.org> wrote:

>At 17.04.2013 18:44, Bethany Hudnutt wrote:
>> Greetings,
>>
>> Description of problem:
>> I installed Dia and xquartz yesterday on my mac and am not able to
>>delete objects.
>>
>> To repro:
>> Open dia
>> Select rectangle tool
>> Draw a rectangle on the diagram
>> Select the rectangle using the select tool
>> Press delete OR edit->  delete
>>
>How do you press Delete on a Mac? Mine only has a Backspace key.
>Strange thing is that Edit/Delete menu entry does not work either,
>but at least I can confirm Dia behaves as you describe. Might be some
>strange logic not allowing actions to be performed, if they are bound to
>a 
>key not available.
>
>> Behavior:
>> Object does not delete
>>
>Workaround is simple: use Edit/Cut to remove objects.
>
>> Expected behavior:
>> Object is deleted
>>
>Agreed. Would deserve a bug report i bugzilla to fixed before next
>release.
>
>HTH,
>       Hans
>
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