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| 0001885 | NetSurf | RISC OS-specific | public | 2013-04-24 12:33 | 2018-04-21 09:59 | ||||
| Reporter | Jim Nagel | ||||||||
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| Severity | feature | Reproducibility | always | ||||||
| Status | closed | Resolution | won't fix | ||||||
| Platform | OS | RISC OS | OS Version | 5.19 | |||||
| Product Version | 3.1 | ||||||||
| Target Version | Fixed in Version | ||||||||
| Summary | 0001885: backspace key to go back | ||||||||
| Description | If it's not a big job, would it be possible, please, for the Backspace key on the keyboard to do the same thing as clicking the "go back one page" icon on the buttonbar. (One gets used to this key from using the likes of Firefox or Chrome on XP or Linux.) Thanks. (Using NS 0001009 on three machines: RiscOS 4.39, 5.18, 5.19) | ||||||||
| Additional Information | Imported from sourceforge bug http://sourceforge.net/support/tracker.php?aid=3611734 on Tue Dec 10 17:34:13 2013 | ||||||||
| Tags | No tags attached. | ||||||||
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| Reported in CI build # | 1009 | ||||||||
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kinnison (administrator) 2017-09-09 13:31 |
Modern browsers no longer seem to support backspace. |
Jim Nagel (reporter) 2017-09-29 10:15 |
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. |
Dave Higton (developer) 2017-10-03 12:15 |
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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Jim Nagel (reporter) 2017-10-03 13:16 |
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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Dave Higton (developer) 2017-10-19 22:49 |
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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Jim Nagel (reporter) 2017-10-19 23:56 |
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. |
Michael Drake (administrator) 2018-04-21 09:56 |
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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kinnison (administrator) 2018-04-21 09:59 |
Other browsers have dropped this behaviour as confusing and/or unwanted. Firefox made it optional but disabled it by default in 2006 http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.backspace_action |
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| Issue History |
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| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
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| 2013-12-10 17:41 | Vincent Sanders | New Issue | |
| 2013-12-10 17:41 | Vincent Sanders | Status | new => assigned |
| 2013-12-10 17:41 | Vincent Sanders | Assigned To | => Sourceforge Import placeholder |
| 2013-12-10 17:41 | Vincent Sanders | Description Updated | View Revisions |
| 2013-12-17 14:15 | Vincent Sanders | Reported in CI build # | => 1009 |
| 2013-12-17 14:15 | Vincent Sanders | Assigned To | Sourceforge Import placeholder => |
| 2013-12-17 14:15 | Vincent Sanders | Reproducibility | have not tried => always |
| 2013-12-17 14:15 | Vincent Sanders | Status | assigned => confirmed |
| 2013-12-17 14:15 | Vincent Sanders | Resolution | no change required => open |
| 2013-12-17 14:15 | Vincent Sanders | Category | General => RISC OS-specific |
| 2013-12-17 14:15 | Vincent Sanders | OS | => RISC OS |
| 2013-12-17 14:15 | Vincent Sanders | OS Version | => 5.19 |
| 2013-12-17 14:15 | Vincent Sanders | Product Version | => 3.1 |
| 2013-12-17 14:15 | Vincent Sanders | Description Updated | View Revisions |
| 2013-12-17 14:15 | Vincent Sanders | Additional Information Updated | View Revisions |
| 2017-09-09 13:31 | kinnison | Status | confirmed => closed |
| 2017-09-09 13:31 | kinnison | Resolution | open => won't fix |
| 2017-09-09 13:31 | kinnison | Note Added: 0001588 | |
| 2017-09-29 10:15 | Jim Nagel | Status | closed => feedback |
| 2017-09-29 10:15 | Jim Nagel | Resolution | won't fix => reopened |
| 2017-09-29 10:15 | Jim Nagel | Note Added: 0001608 | |
| 2017-10-03 12:15 | Dave Higton | Note Added: 0001620 | |
| 2017-10-03 13:16 | Jim Nagel | Note Added: 0001622 | |
| 2017-10-03 13:16 | Jim Nagel | Status | feedback => new |
| 2017-10-19 22:49 | Dave Higton | Note Added: 0001677 | |
| 2017-10-19 23:56 | Jim Nagel | Note Added: 0001678 | |
| 2018-04-21 09:56 | Michael Drake | Note Added: 0001757 | |
| 2018-04-21 09:59 | kinnison | Status | new => closed |
| 2018-04-21 09:59 | kinnison | Resolution | reopened => won't fix |
| 2018-04-21 09:59 | kinnison | Note Added: 0001758 | |
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