From 85dce58d109ee823f95019fa169f6fcc37468ee3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ntsekouras <ntsekouras@outlook.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2021 19:47:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [Block Editor]: Restrict delete multi selected blocks
 shortcut

---
 .../block-editor/src/components/block-tools/index.js  | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-tools/index.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-tools/index.js
index d77b94b655e2d..e4d4c589a160b 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-tools/index.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-tools/index.js
@@ -95,6 +95,17 @@ export default function BlockTools( {
 		} else if (
 			isMatch( 'core/block-editor/delete-multi-selection', event )
 		) {
+			/**
+			 * Check if the target element is a text area, input or
+			 * event.defaultPrevented and return early. In all these
+			 * cases backspace could be handled elsewhere.
+			 */
+			if (
+				[ 'INPUT', 'TEXTAREA' ].includes( event.target.nodeName ) ||
+				event.defaultPrevented
+			) {
+				return;
+			}
 			const clientIds = getSelectedBlockClientIds();
 			if ( clientIds.length > 1 ) {
 				event.preventDefault();