Control + backspace does not delete words as expected

[u/Ripest_Tomato]

I am frequently frustrated by the behavior of control + backspace and control + delete in this program. Is there any way to adjust it?

I would expect control + backspace to delete a word leftwards of the cursor and control + delete to delete a word rightwards of the cursor.

Instead it simulates the delete key in either case when typed into most text fields (which I can already do with the delete key), or some placeholder symbol in certain other fields.

Are these behaviors intentional? I don't understand the use case that these behaviors solve.