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Backspace in Firefox for linux

 One common thing about using multiple operating systems is that you are used to one shortcuts in one operating system and would like to have the same in all others.
However, Firefox in some linux distributions does not have the “usual” behaviour of the backspace key – to return  you to the previous browsed page.
Luckily, this is a easy tweak and you don’t even have to restart firefox, your GUI or reboot.

Open new tab in Firefox and type the following:

about:config

You will be presented with the list of the options of firefox. In the search bar at the top type the following:

browser.backspace_action

Once it filters out the entry, double-click it and enter “0” (zero – without the quotes) as new value.
The change should be immediate – you can hit the backspace key to go right back to whatever you were doing (probably reading this article).

This entry was posted on Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 at 5:00 pm and is filed under Linux. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

2 Responses to “Backspace in Firefox for linux” »

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