Backspace in Firefox

[Marius Gedminas]

On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 10:29:48AM +0100, Bjørn Ingmar Berg wrote:
> In Ubuntu 6.06 pressing <BACKSPACE> in Firefox took me to the previous
> page I viewed.  In Ubuntu 6.10 it does not.

https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/60995

> I hope this is something that can be set or adjusted somewhere, even
> if I can't find anything that looks related in Firefox Preferences.

It's hidden in about:config.  Change browser.backspace_action to 0.

> If not I am unsure if this is an intended "feature" or a bug.

"Feature".  Firefox developers changed it.

Marius Gedminas
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