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I for one fully expect the backspace button to work if I do not currently have a text field focused. once you learn keybindings for an application, there's usua

I for one fully expect the backspace button to work if I do not currently have a text field focused. once you learn keybindings for an application, there's usually no way to perform that function as quickly/efficiently with a mouse. please do not break the conventional ones. ctrl-s is probably fine to break though. even when it does "save" the page, it rarely does so in a useful way.

LolWolf 6y ago
On Mac the other default for navigating backwards is Cmd-[, if that helps any! (It's also a default in many applications for navigating backwards in whatever sense the app may intend.) I don't use Windows other than for gaming, so I'm afraid I don't know if there are other shortcuts other than backspace.
- leetcrew 6y ago
  fyi, you can get pretty far on the basic shortcuts subbing ctrl for cmd.
- jmholla 6y ago
  Alt-Left is back and Alt-Right is forward. Sadly, their equivalents on Mac are also for navigating to the beginning and end of the line so if you're in a text box you lose that control. Your alternative is handy. I wonder if it also works on Linux.
  - fiddlerwoaroof 6y ago
    Command-[/] for history navigation and command-{/} for switching tabs are macOS conventional keybindings that work almost anywhere there’s a concept of history or tabs. they may work on Linux in an attempt to support Mac users.
    - alsetmusic 6y ago
      This is backwards. Mac OS inherited EMACS keybindings.They work in dialogs, etc. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25275598/a-list-of-all-emacs-keybindings-for-mac-osx https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25275598/a-list-of-all-e...
      - fiddlerwoaroof 6y ago
        I could be wrong, but I don’t think these are emacs keybindings: although, the Cocoa text input system definitely is heavily influenced by emacs, both in design and in this sort of detail. The emacs-derived keybindings use Control on macOS, the Mac ones use Command
ben_w 6y ago
I’ve just tested on Chrome: backspace on its own does nothing, going to the previous page is bound to cmd-LeftArrow.
- leetcrew 6y ago
  I'm one of those holdout firefox users. every day I come across more websites that only work on chrome though :/
- vidanay 6y ago
  Chrome made this intentional change about four years ago. Prior to that, backspace had the described behavior.
marcosdumay 6y ago
Oh, I fully expect CTRL-Q to close my browser window (with all the tabs) when I mistype CTRL-W. That doesn't make it any good. Do you know at all times what element has the focus? An error there can be of high consequence. (Even though browsers do make an effort to refill forms on page forward, it doesn't always work.) It is a very bad shortcut, and there's always an alternative one anyway, because it's not always available.
- edanm 6y ago
  Fwiw, on Chrome in Mac, you can configure it so that pressing cmd-q won't close the browser without holding it for a few seconds.

LolWolf 6y ago

On Mac the other default for navigating backwards is Cmd-[, if that helps any! (It's also a default in many applications for navigating backwards in whatever sense the app may intend.) I don't use Windows other than for gaming, so I'm afraid I don't know if there are other shortcuts other than backspace.

leetcrew 6y ago
fyi, you can get pretty far on the basic shortcuts subbing ctrl for cmd.
jmholla 6y ago
Alt-Left is back and Alt-Right is forward. Sadly, their equivalents on Mac are also for navigating to the beginning and end of the line so if you're in a text box you lose that control. Your alternative is handy. I wonder if it also works on Linux.
- fiddlerwoaroof 6y ago
  Command-[/] for history navigation and command-{/} for switching tabs are macOS conventional keybindings that work almost anywhere there’s a concept of history or tabs. they may work on Linux in an attempt to support Mac users.
  - alsetmusic 6y ago
    This is backwards. Mac OS inherited EMACS keybindings.They work in dialogs, etc. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25275598/a-list-of-all-emacs-keybindings-for-mac-osx https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25275598/a-list-of-all-e...
    - fiddlerwoaroof 6y ago
      I could be wrong, but I don’t think these are emacs keybindings: although, the Cocoa text input system definitely is heavily influenced by emacs, both in design and in this sort of detail. The emacs-derived keybindings use Control on macOS, the Mac ones use Command

ben_w 6y ago

I’ve just tested on Chrome: backspace on its own does nothing, going to the previous page is bound to cmd-LeftArrow.

leetcrew 6y ago
I'm one of those holdout firefox users. every day I come across more websites that only work on chrome though :/
vidanay 6y ago
Chrome made this intentional change about four years ago. Prior to that, backspace had the described behavior.

marcosdumay 6y ago

Oh, I fully expect CTRL-Q to close my browser window (with all the tabs) when I mistype CTRL-W. That doesn't make it any good. Do you know at all times what element has the focus? An error there can be of high consequence. (Even though browsers do make an effort to refill forms on page forward, it doesn't always work.) It is a very bad shortcut, and there's always an alternative one anyway, because it's not always available.

edanm 6y ago
Fwiw, on Chrome in Mac, you can configure it so that pressing cmd-q won't close the browser without holding it for a few seconds.