Backspace in Firefox [SOLVED]

[jtsmith73]

I'll start off by stating I'm not an IE hater. One of the features I'm a fan of is using the <backspace> to go back a page. I can't seem to figure out how to do this in Firefox. I'm on a laptop and I'd find it much easier to just hit a backspace as opposed to navigating the touchpad to the back arrow.

Thanks in advance,

Jimbo

[Ole Juul]

Re: Backspace in Firefox

I've never used IE, but 5 other browsers (including FF) currently running on this machine all use Alt-Leftcursor to go back a page. Funny IE doesn't do that too - I guess they just want to be different.

[jtsmith73]

Re: Backspace in Firefox

You're right. That does work.

Is there a way for me to tell FF that <backspace> does the same thing? (one button vs two)

Thanks again

[Ole Juul]

Re: Backspace in Firefox

I don't know. I just looked in "about:config" and don't see anything. Maybe someone else knows or try the FF forum.

[Telengard]

Re: Backspace in Firefox

I'd be surprised if there isn't an extension for it

[Ole Juul]

Re: Backspace in Firefox

Well, I went looking but didn't see anything right off the bat. However, there is one called DisableBackspaceNavigation 0.3 . Now that's funny.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1694

[exploder]

Re: Backspace in Firefox

Here is how to get backspace working in Firefox like you are wanting.

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/linux...efox-on-linux/

[Ole Juul]

Re: Backspace in Firefox

So it was in about:config after all. Great!

I'm just wondering how I go back a page if I was writing something like this for example. Presumably some other key (or combination) needs to be set so that one still has the ability to backspace without going back a page. I could imagine that IE uses tabs to get around that problem.

[jtsmith73]

Re: Backspace in Firefox

Thank you!

Cheers,

Jimbo

[Ole Juul]

Re: Backspace in Firefox [SOLVED]

@Jimbo
If you have the answer to my question, I'd be grateful.

[Telengard]

Re: Backspace in Firefox [SOLVED]

Ole Juul, you can just tab out of the text editing field and then use backspace.

[Ole Juul]

Re: Backspace in Firefox [SOLVED]

Thanks Telengard, usability is a very important issue for me, so I like to know how people do things.

[jtsmith73]

Re: Backspace in Firefox [SOLVED]

@ Ole Juul,

In order to type this out and backspace over what you wrote, as long as you have a cursor in your typing window, you won't go back a page. You would have to click outside the typing window for the go-back-a-page function to work.

Cheers,

Jimbo