What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

On Mac OS X deleting objects programms are not only using the delete-key, but also thebackspace-key. At the moment pencil only allows to use the delete-key. It would be nice if both keys were supported for this purpose.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system? Version 1.1 build 1 on Mac OS X 10.6

This is not how a Mac works. Delete on a Mac issues a backspace. To delete, us Fn+Delete. This is common across all Mac applications. Should be closed as not a bug.

I agree with @dahiensenff. I use a Mac at work and have grown accustomed to using the "backspace" (labeled as delete) key when trying to delete elements. This seems to be a fairly common behavior across different applications. When using pencil, I've often found myself hitting the "backspace" key for removing elements on the canvas.

Hi, I've create a fork of Pencil and I've added backspace as shortcut for deleting shapes. You can download build from Github https://github.com/LukasRychtecky/pencil

Incorrect @jcscoob. Standard Mac delete behaviour is NOT Fn+Delete (that sounds like Windows to me!). For the Mac it's both Backspace key and/or Del key. i see in v2.0.5 Del key finally works, but it'd be good for the Backspace to also work.