diff --git a/src/js/editor.ts b/src/js/editor.ts
index 8b98345..74de4ef 100644
--- a/src/js/editor.ts
+++ b/src/js/editor.ts
@@ -598,7 +598,6 @@ function headerContextMenu(event, header_id) {
 
 function navContextMenu(event, table_id) {
 	if (is_positioning) {return;}
-	let data = getSelectionData();
 	let menu = $("<div>")
 		.attr("id", "context-menu-"+table_id)
 		.addClass("border context-menu text-nowrap list-group")
@@ -617,7 +616,7 @@ function navContextMenu(event, table_id) {
 			.text("Delete Table")
 			.attr({"data-bs-toggle": "modal", "data-bs-target": "#delete-table"})
 			.on("click", () => {
-				$("#confirm-delete-table").one("click", (event) => {
+				$("#confirm-delete-table").one("click", () => {
 					deleteTable(table_id);
 				})
 				menu.remove();
@@ -883,7 +882,7 @@ function getDeselectingNodes() {
 	});
 }
 
-function getSelectedCells() {
+function getSelectedCells(): Array<string> {
 	let selectable = getSelectable();
 	let nodes = selectable.getSelectedNodes();
 	if (nodes.length === 0) {
@@ -914,19 +913,6 @@ function copyToClipboard(cut=false) {
 			row = "header";
 		}
 		let item_text = el.text();
-		if (cut) {
-			el.text("");
-			let data = getSelectionData();
-			let table_index = data["table_index"];
-			let col_index = el.index();
-			if (el.prop("tagName") === "TH") {
-				tables_data[table_index]["columns"][col_index]["title"] = "";
-			} else {
-				let row_key = tables_data[table_index]["columns"][col_index]["field"];
-				let row_index = el.parent().index();
-				tables_data[table_index]["rows"][row_index][row_key] = "";
-			}
-		}
 		if (!previous_row) {
 			selection += item_text;
 			previous_row_elm.append("<td>"+item_text+"</td>");
@@ -941,6 +927,9 @@ function copyToClipboard(cut=false) {
 		}
 		previous_row = row;
 	}
+	if (cut) {
+		clearCells(getSelectedCells());
+	}
 	table.append(previous_row_elm);
 	clipboard.clear();
 	clipboard.write({
@@ -957,7 +946,7 @@ function pasteFromClipboard() {
 		row_cols[i] = rows[i].split("\t");
 	}
 	let selectable = getSelectable();
-	let selected_items = selectable.getSelectedItems();
+	let selected_items = selectable.getSelectedItems(false);
 	selected_items.splice(0, 1);
 	if(selected_items.length > 0) {
 		selectable.deselect(selected_items);
@@ -1007,9 +996,32 @@ function selectAll(event) {
 }
 
 function backspaceDelete(event: JQuery.KeyDownEvent) {
+	if (!event.ctrlKey && !event.shiftKey && !event.altKey && (event.key == "Backspace" || event.key == "Delete")) {
+		let cells = getSelectedCells();
+		if (cells.length > 0) {
+			clearCells(cells);
+		}
+	}
 }
 
-function getColumnIDs(columns) {
+function clearCells(cells: Array<string>) {
+	for (let cell of cells) {
+		let el = $("#"+cell);
+		el.text("");
+		let data = getSelectionData();
+		let table_index = data["table_index"];
+		let col_index = el.index();
+		if (el.prop("tagName") === "TH") {
+			tables_data[table_index]["columns"][col_index]["title"] = "";
+		} else {
+			let row_key = tables_data[table_index]["columns"][col_index]["field"];
+			let row_index = el.parent().index();
+			tables_data[table_index]["rows"][row_index][row_key] = "";
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+function getColumnIDs(columns): Array<string> {
 	let ids = [];
 	for (let col of columns) {
 		ids.push(col["field"]);
@@ -1017,7 +1029,7 @@ function getColumnIDs(columns) {
 	return ids;
 }
 
-function getRowIDs(rows) {
+function getRowIDs(rows): Array<string> {
 	let ids = [];
 	for (let row of rows) {
 		ids.push(row["uid"]);
@@ -1025,7 +1037,7 @@ function getRowIDs(rows) {
 	return ids;
 }
 
-function getTableIDs() {
+function getTableIDs(): Array<string> {
 	let ids = [];
 	for (let table of tables_data) {
 		ids.push(table["id"]);