Deleting cheats
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Description
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- Only RetroArch bugs should be filed here. Not core bugs or game bugs
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Description
Cheat codes delete bug
[Description of the bug]
when you delete a cheat you get his

Expected behavior
to delete the code
[What you expected to happen]
to delete the code
Actual behavior
when deleting a code you get N/A
[What is actually happening]
Steps to reproduce the bug
- [First step] put in a chat
- [Second step] delete the cheat
- [and so on...] you will see the N/A
Bisect Results
[Try to bisect and tell us when this started happening]
i'm not sure this is my first time deleting a cheat
Version/Commit
You can find this information under Information/System Information
- RetroArch: [version/commit]
1.9.8
Environment information
Windows 10
- OS: [The operating system you're running]
- Compiler: [In case you are running local builds]
Also it seams to delete other codes to when you try to delete the N\A
here is a video I made of the problem i just notice it deletes all my codes if I try to delete the N/A
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the cheat deletion behavior in RetroArch 1.9.8 on Windows 10, following the provided steps and video. Trace the cheat deletion flow and verify that deleting the N/A entry removes only the selected code; done means other cheat codes remain intact.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100