diff -r 1367103c24e2 -r 696bfeff199e messagingappbase/mce/src/MceMessageListContainer.cpp
--- a/messagingappbase/mce/src/MceMessageListContainer.cpp	Mon Jun 21 15:36:19 2010 +0300
+++ b/messagingappbase/mce/src/MceMessageListContainer.cpp	Thu Jul 15 18:34:37 2010 +0300
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@
                 return EKeyWasNotConsumed;
                 }
 
-            if ( aKeyEvent.iCode == EKeyBackspace )
+            if ( iOwningView.MenuBar()->ItemSpecificCommandsEnabled() && aKeyEvent.iCode == EKeyBackspace )
                 {
                 MarkItemSelectionL();
                 SetAnchorItemIdL(