diff --git a/content/base/public/nsISelectionController.idl b/content/base/public/nsISelectionController.idl
index b28f4cdd0a6..0144db0e2af 100644
--- a/content/base/public/nsISelectionController.idl
+++ b/content/base/public/nsISelectionController.idl
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ interface nsIDOMNode;
 interface nsISelection;
 interface nsISelectionDisplay;
 
-[scriptable, uuid(39429306-4c81-4d8b-9421-eb7d9f43bfd0)]
+[scriptable, uuid(80d2e85a-4ad2-45be-88e7-8c1fe943ac4d)]
 interface nsISelectionController : nsISelectionDisplay
 {
    const short SELECTION_NONE=0;
@@ -154,6 +154,12 @@ interface nsISelectionController : nsISelectionDisplay
    */
     void characterMove(in boolean forward, in boolean extend);
 
+   /** CharacterExtendForDelete will extend the selection one character cell
+   *  forward in the document.
+   *  this method is used internally for handling del key.
+   */
+    [noscript] void characterExtendForDelete();
+
    /** WordMove will move the selection one word forward/backward in the document.
    *  this will also have the effect of collapsing the selection if the aExtend = PR_FALSE
    *  the "point" of selection that is extended is considered the "focus" point. 
diff --git a/editor/libeditor/text/nsPlaintextEditor.cpp b/editor/libeditor/text/nsPlaintextEditor.cpp
index c0c5ef81be0..05e56d81a04 100644
--- a/editor/libeditor/text/nsPlaintextEditor.cpp
+++ b/editor/libeditor/text/nsPlaintextEditor.cpp
@@ -662,6 +662,7 @@ NS_IMETHODIMP nsPlaintextEditor::DeleteSelection(nsIEditor::EDirection aAction)
   if (NS_FAILED(result)) return result;
   if (!bCollapsed &&
       (aAction == eNextWord || aAction == ePreviousWord ||
+       aAction == eNext ||
        aAction == eToBeginningOfLine || aAction == eToEndOfLine))
     if (mCaretStyle == 1)
     {
@@ -678,6 +679,7 @@ NS_IMETHODIMP nsPlaintextEditor::DeleteSelection(nsIEditor::EDirection aAction)
   // This needs to happen inside selection batching,
   // otherwise the deleted text is autocopied to the clipboard.
   if (aAction == eNextWord || aAction == ePreviousWord
+      || aAction == eNext
       || aAction == eToBeginningOfLine || aAction == eToEndOfLine)
   {
     nsCOMPtr<nsISelectionController> selCont (do_QueryReferent(mSelConWeak));
@@ -696,6 +698,10 @@ NS_IMETHODIMP nsPlaintextEditor::DeleteSelection(nsIEditor::EDirection aAction)
           result = selCont->WordExtendForDelete(PR_FALSE);
           aAction = eNone;
           break;
+        case eNext:
+          result = selCont->CharacterExtendForDelete();
+          aAction = eNone;
+          break;
         case eToBeginningOfLine:
           selCont->IntraLineMove(PR_TRUE, PR_FALSE);          // try to move to end
           result = selCont->IntraLineMove(PR_FALSE, PR_TRUE); // select to beginning
diff --git a/layout/base/nsPresShell.cpp b/layout/base/nsPresShell.cpp
index 1dbd9341931..765982a99d4 100644
--- a/layout/base/nsPresShell.cpp
+++ b/layout/base/nsPresShell.cpp
@@ -927,6 +927,7 @@ public:
   // nsISelectionController
 
   NS_IMETHOD CharacterMove(PRBool aForward, PRBool aExtend);
+  NS_IMETHOD CharacterExtendForDelete();
   NS_IMETHOD WordMove(PRBool aForward, PRBool aExtend);
   NS_IMETHOD WordExtendForDelete(PRBool aForward);
   NS_IMETHOD LineMove(PRBool aForward, PRBool aExtend);
@@ -2716,6 +2717,12 @@ PresShell::CharacterMove(PRBool aForward, PRBool aExtend)
   return mSelection->CharacterMove(aForward, aExtend);  
 }
 
+NS_IMETHODIMP 
+PresShell::CharacterExtendForDelete()
+{
+  return mSelection->CharacterExtendForDelete();  
+}
+
 NS_IMETHODIMP 
 PresShell::WordMove(PRBool aForward, PRBool aExtend)
 {
diff --git a/layout/forms/nsTextControlFrame.cpp b/layout/forms/nsTextControlFrame.cpp
index 5c0fb4ea5e4..0820e1da0fe 100644
--- a/layout/forms/nsTextControlFrame.cpp
+++ b/layout/forms/nsTextControlFrame.cpp
@@ -581,6 +581,7 @@ public:
   NS_IMETHOD GetCaretEnabled(PRBool *_retval);
   NS_IMETHOD SetCaretVisibilityDuringSelection(PRBool aVisibility);
   NS_IMETHOD CharacterMove(PRBool aForward, PRBool aExtend);
+  NS_IMETHOD CharacterExtendForDelete();
   NS_IMETHOD WordMove(PRBool aForward, PRBool aExtend);
   NS_IMETHOD WordExtendForDelete(PRBool aForward);
   NS_IMETHOD LineMove(PRBool aForward, PRBool aExtend);
@@ -794,6 +795,13 @@ nsTextInputSelectionImpl::CharacterMove(PRBool aForward, PRBool aExtend)
   return NS_ERROR_NULL_POINTER;
 }
 
+NS_IMETHODIMP
+nsTextInputSelectionImpl::CharacterExtendForDelete()
+{
+  if (mFrameSelection)
+    return mFrameSelection->CharacterExtendForDelete();
+  return NS_ERROR_NULL_POINTER;
+}
 
 NS_IMETHODIMP
 nsTextInputSelectionImpl::WordMove(PRBool aForward, PRBool aExtend)
diff --git a/layout/generic/nsFrameSelection.h b/layout/generic/nsFrameSelection.h
index 394cfe87203..34972916772 100644
--- a/layout/generic/nsFrameSelection.h
+++ b/layout/generic/nsFrameSelection.h
@@ -409,6 +409,12 @@ public:
   /*unsafe*/
   nsresult CharacterMove(PRBool aForward, PRBool aExtend);
 
+  /** CharacterExtendForDelete extends the selection forward (logically) to
+   * the next character cell, so that the selected cell can be deleted.
+   */
+  /*unsafe*/
+  nsresult CharacterExtendForDelete();
+  
   /** WordMove will generally be called from the nsiselectioncontroller implementations.
    *  the effect being the selection will move one word left or right.
    * @param aForward move forward in document.
diff --git a/layout/generic/nsSelection.cpp b/layout/generic/nsSelection.cpp
index ac3f5865b15..bbf80d5e77a 100644
--- a/layout/generic/nsSelection.cpp
+++ b/layout/generic/nsSelection.cpp
@@ -2772,6 +2772,12 @@ nsFrameSelection::CharacterMove(PRBool aForward, PRBool aExtend)
     return MoveCaret(nsIDOMKeyEvent::DOM_VK_LEFT,aExtend,eSelectCharacter);
 }
 
+nsresult
+nsFrameSelection::CharacterExtendForDelete()
+{
+  return MoveCaret(nsIDOMKeyEvent::DOM_VK_DELETE, PR_TRUE, eSelectCharacter);
+}
+
 nsresult
 nsFrameSelection::WordMove(PRBool aForward, PRBool aExtend)
 {