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Modern browsers no longer seem to support backspace. |
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Daniel Silverstone wrote:
> Modern browsers no longer seem to support backspace.
Dunno which "modern browsers" (plural) you refer to, but latest Firefox definitely does map Backspace on keyboard to the Back button on browser toolbar. Still think it would be a handy thing for Netsurf users. |
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The latest Firefox version for Linux does NOT map the backspace key to the Back button. I've just tried it. |
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I'm using Firefox 52.4.0 on Windows (via the ESR channel, which gives me updates automatically). And Backspace IS mapped to the Back button on toolbar.
Did the Linux version ever have the Backspace mapping? If so, I wonder when was it dropped and why.
Having the keyboard shortcut is certainly handy. What about other current browsers? |
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I asked a couple of people at yesterday's RONWUG meeting what they thought about the feature. One said that the browser he uses on Windows has it, and he hates it, because it's too easy to think you're editing a URL but end up going back one or more pages.
So at best it's a controversial feature.
If it were my choice, I wouldn't add it. |
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Well, of course, as usual, the action of any key on the keyboard is applied to whatever has input focus, obviously. If you click in the URL field, the Backspace key affects that field. If you have clicked in the body of the Netsurf web page, Backspace there would "go back" to previous web page.
Begs the question: When a web page opens in Netsurf, the caret (input focus) is in the URL field. When a web page opens in some other browser, where is the input focus? Will have to revisit a few browsers to check whether answer is constant. |
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I seem to remember this was implemented briefly years ago. It caused lots of problems, when people had filled in forms / forum posts, and hit backspace, not realizing focus had moved from a text input, causing them to go back and lose all their work on the form.
So I wouldn't implement this until we have form history. |
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