Highlighting text with mouse and hitting 'x' only deletes one character. (Highlighting with the mouse shold enter visual mode)

[LeifAndersen]

If I write out a word, and highlight it with the mouse, and hit 'x', it only deletes the first character of the word, rather than the whole word.

If however, I hit v, and then highlight it with the mouse, and hit 'x', it deletes it.

I suspect what the issue here is that highlighting text doesn't enter visual mode, which it likely should. (Unless maybe it's in command mode?)

Note though that highlighting and hitting 'd' does work find though.