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Roger-1362
Jun 19, 2019Copper Contributor
Using the Backspace key as one step back when browsing?
I use Firefox today and prefer to use as much keyboard shortcuts as possible. If i for example read the news i can in Firefox use either Alt+Left arrow or the Backspace key to go one step back. I...
- Jun 21, 2019
Roger-1362 I know there are extensions out there that allow you to use backspace to go back to previous pages. I will submit your feature request to the team to have this built-in.
Roger-1362
Copper Contributor
Carl_Wilcox, I found out that there is a way to solve this in Edge with a simple fix. I do this:
- Load edge://flags in the browser's address bar.
- Search for Backspace, the full title of the flag is Assigns the Backspace key to go back a page.
- Set the flag to Enabled.
- Restart the web browser.
- Now the Backspace key will take you back one step without any other keys involved. 🙂
Carl_Wilcox
Jul 15, 2022Copper Contributor
Roger-1362 Thanks much appreciated, it was driving me up the wall, can't understand why MS disabled it