diff --git a/apps/code/editor_controller.cpp b/apps/code/editor_controller.cpp
index 863a29191..583e54cc1 100644
--- a/apps/code/editor_controller.cpp
+++ b/apps/code/editor_controller.cpp
@@ -78,6 +78,15 @@ bool EditorController::textAreaDidReceiveEvent(TextArea * textArea, Ion::Events:
     return true;
   }
 
+  if(event.hasText()){
+    if(event.text() == "%" && Ion::Events::isLockActive() ){
+      return textArea->removePreviousGlyph();
+    } else {
+      return textArea->handleEventWithText(event.text(), true, false);
+    }
+  }
+
+  
   if (event == Ion::Events::Backspace && textArea->selectionIsEmpty()) {
     /* If the cursor is on the left of the text of a line, backspace one
      * indentation space at a time. */
diff --git a/escher/src/text_field.cpp b/escher/src/text_field.cpp
index 51be16c30..6e8cd0303 100644
--- a/escher/src/text_field.cpp
+++ b/escher/src/text_field.cpp
@@ -408,6 +408,11 @@ CodePoint TextField::XNTCodePoint(CodePoint defaultXNTCodePoint) {
 }
 
 bool TextField::handleEvent(Ion::Events::Event event) {
+  if(event.hasText()){
+    if(event.text() == "%" && Ion::Events::isLockActive() ){
+      return removePreviousGlyph();
+    }
+  }
   assert(m_delegate != nullptr);
   size_t previousTextLength = strlen(text());
   bool didHandleEvent = false;