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Is it possible to disable backspace shortcut and only keep alt+arrow?

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gwuigi
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Is there a plan in future release to disable the backspace to go to previous page or to add an option to do so ? I believe it is a very common problem: depending whether we are in edition mode or not, pressing backspace will yield to different actions. It is annoying when we loose all we've written and go back to the previous page (although there is usually a pop-up)

Regards,

Is there a plan in future release to disable the backspace to go to previous page or to add an option to do so ? I believe it is a very common problem: depending whether we are in edition mode or not, pressing backspace will yield to different actions. It is annoying when we loose all we've written and go back to the previous page (although there is usually a pop-up) Regards,

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Hi, please update to version 61.01 by going to Help --> About


You can set browser.backspace_action to 2 on the about:config page. See:

(0:B/F; 1:Scroll; 2:No)

You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar. You can accept the warning and click "I accept the risk!" to continue.

Not sure if below still works as this is a permanent way unless remove the code.

You can use the user.js file in the profile folder to initialize this pref on every start of Firefox to 2.

  • user_pref("browser.backspace_action", 2);

You can use the button on the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page to go to the current Firefox profile folder or use the about:profiles page.

  • Help -> Troubleshooting Information -> Profile Directory:

Windows: Show Folder; Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder

Please let us know if this solved your issue or if need further assistance.

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Shadow110
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Hi, please update to version 61.01 by going to Help --> About


You can set browser.backspace_action to 2 on the about:config page. See:

(0:B/F; 1:Scroll; 2:No)

You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar. You can accept the warning and click "I accept the risk!" to continue.

Not sure if below still works as this is a permanent way unless remove the code.

You can use the user.js file in the profile folder to initialize this pref on every start of Firefox to 2.

  • user_pref("browser.backspace_action", 2);

You can use the button on the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page to go to the current Firefox profile folder or use the about:profiles page.

  • Help -> Troubleshooting Information -> Profile Directory:

Windows: Show Folder; Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder

Please let us know if this solved your issue or if need further assistance.

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gwuigi
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Thank you it works ! Changing the value in about:config is really easy and works immediately.