diff --git a/src/editor/Editor.js b/src/editor/Editor.js
index c782db77..39234007 100644
--- a/src/editor/Editor.js
+++ b/src/editor/Editor.js
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ class Editor extends EditorStartup {
       { key: [ 'alt+shift+arrowdown', true ], fn: () => { this.svgCanvas.cloneSelectedElements(0, 10); } },
       { key: [ 'alt+shift+arrowleft', true ], fn: () => { this.svgCanvas.cloneSelectedElements(-10, 0); } },
       { key: [ 'alt+shift+arrowright', true ], fn: () => { this.svgCanvas.cloneSelectedElements(10, 0); } },
+      { key: [ 'delete/backspace', true ], fn: () => {
+        if (!isNullish(this.selectedElement) || this.multiselected)
+          this.svgCanvas.deleteSelectedElements();
+      } },
       { key: 'a', fn: () => { this.svgCanvas.selectAllInCurrentLayer(); } },
       { key: modKey + 'a', fn: () => { this.svgCanvas.selectAllInCurrentLayer(); } },
       { key: modKey + 'x', fn: () => { this.cutSelected(); } },
diff --git a/src/editor/locale/lang.en.js b/src/editor/locale/lang.en.js
index c55b8f06..68a280a0 100644
--- a/src/editor/locale/lang.en.js
+++ b/src/editor/locale/lang.en.js
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ export default {
     tool_source: 'Edit Source',
     wireframe_mode: 'Wireframe Mode',
     clone: 'Duplicate Element(s) [D]',
-    del: 'Delete Element(s) [Delete/Backspace]',
+    del: 'Delete Element(s)',
     group_elements: 'Group Elements [G]',
     make_link: 'Make (hyper)link',
     set_link_url: 'Set link URL (leave empty to remove)',
diff --git a/src/editor/panels/TopPanel.js b/src/editor/panels/TopPanel.js
index d128d029..898442e9 100644
--- a/src/editor/panels/TopPanel.js
+++ b/src/editor/panels/TopPanel.js
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ class TopPanel {
    * @returns {void}
    */
   deleteSelected() {
-    if (!isNullish(this.editor.selectedElement) || this.multiselected) {
+    if (!isNullish(this.editor.selectedElement) || this.editor.multiselected) {
       this.editor.svgCanvas.deleteSelectedElements();
     }
   }
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ class TopPanel {
          <div class="toolset">
            <div class="tool_sep"></div>
            <se-button id="tool_clone" title="${i18next.t('tools.clone')}" shortcut="D" src="./images/clone.svg"></se-button>
-           <se-button id="tool_delete" title="${i18next.t('tools.del')}" shortcut="BACKSPACE" src="./images/delete.svg">
+           <se-button id="tool_delete" title="${i18next.t('tools.del')}" shortcut="Delete/Backspace" src="./images/delete.svg">
            </se-button>
          </div>
          <div class="toolset">