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Bug 319164 - make backspace go back
make backspace go back
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 169828
Product: epiphany
Classification: Core
Component: Interface
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Epiphany Maintainers
Marco Pesenti Gritti
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2005-10-18 14:59 UTC by Björn Lindqvist
Modified: 2005-10-20 12:17 UTC
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Description Björn Lindqvist 2005-10-18 14:59:00 UTC 
From Firefox and Internet Explorer I've become accustomed to using Backspace for
going back in the history. I can't for my life figure out WHY Epiphany doesn't
alos have that keybinding. Please correct this oversight. :)
Comment 1 Reinout van Schouwen 2005-10-20 12:17:27 UTC 
Thanks for your bug report! However this issue was already filed in the database
previously.

The reason that Epiphany doesn't use Backspace to go back, is that Backspace has
a different meaning in html forms. In cases where you want to delete the
previous character in a form, but the user doesn't notice the form isn't
focused, you could go one page back and thereby lose information or risk
submitting the same information twice. Especially for financial transactions
etc. you don't want this.


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 169828 ***