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In many applications (JIRA, Vim) typing without being in a text input field can cause all kinds of trouble. Heck, in browsers if you type 'backspace' you can en
by EamonnMR 7y ago
In many applications (JIRA, Vim) typing without being in a text input field can cause all kinds of trouble. Heck, in browsers if you type 'backspace' you can end up going back and page and blowing away all of your precious form input. Not to mention the very real possibility that their work, the text they've typed, will be dropped on the floor. We have been trained by these dangers to avoid typing without a text prompt.
- Agenttin 7y agoThis is why Google switched the 'Back' function to Alt+Left Arrow in Chrome. You could be trying to delete something out of a web form and accidentally leave the page.
- branon 7y agoI resisted this change (in Firefox) because I thought it was horribly unintuitive. Oh, how backwards I had gotten it. Alt+Left arrow makes _loads_ more sense than "Backspace, but conditionally, only when not engaged in a text entry field."
- MaulingMonkey 7y agoThe main problem I run into with it is webcomics bind left/right to page navigation, and aren't smart enough to not do it when alt is held.
- cosmodisk 7y agoI absolutely hate the new way! Used to be so much better by just clicking Backspace. Can I have it back,please?
- Narishma 7y agoYou can do that in Firefox.
- Narishma 7y agoThat's when I switched to Firefox. I've been using the backspace key to go to the previous page or directory since the mid-90's and I never accidently left a page when trying to delete stuff.
- ilrwbwrkhv 7y agogood point