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How to stop the delete key (mac) from going back a page

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jboulevard02
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pressing the delete key (twice I think) causes firefox to go back a page. This is really unfortunate as it usually happens when I'm writing alot of text. Is there any setting to tweak to prevent this from happening?

pressing the delete key (twice I think) causes firefox to go back a page. This is really unfortunate as it usually happens when I'm writing alot of text. Is there any setting to tweak to prevent this from happening?

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cor-el
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You can set this pref to 2 on the about:config page to disable the backspace_action. browser.backspace_action = 2

See also http://kb.mozillazine.org/backspace_action