diff --git a/pkg/gocui/edit.go b/pkg/gocui/edit.go
index 4263e0b5c..c829f1799 100644
--- a/pkg/gocui/edit.go
+++ b/pkg/gocui/edit.go
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ func SimpleEditor(v *View, key Key) bool {
 		key.Equals(NewKeyStrMod("d", ModAlt)):
 		v.TextArea.ForwardDeleteWord()
 	case key.Equals(NewKeyName(KeyBackspace)),
+		key.Equals(NewKey(KeyBackspace, "", ModShift)),
 		key.Equals(NewKeyStrMod("h", ModCtrl)):
 		v.TextArea.BackSpaceChar()
 	case key.Equals(NewKeyStrMod("d", ModCtrl)),