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Is there a specific fix we can make in about:config to regain function of the back arrow/button?

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The Back arrow/button in the address bar is unclickable, greyed out and no longer functional.

Is there a specific fix we can make in about:config to regain function of the back arrow/button? A response from a person (or people) would be appreciated.

Your really do not want as much detail from me as possible. I guarantee that. ("Everything is connected" should be enough of an explanation.) But you ask for details . . . .

This is specifically about updates (not also installation). Which update and and when I do not know, although it could be Microsoft fooling around with Firefox functionality. OR it could be ESR being updated when updates have been disabled. So that raises the question about the extent to which Microsoft is also configuring Firefox when FF is the default browser. (We deserve to know.) I have changed back to normal updates, and will try to disable the incessant frequent updates which always include undoing new standardized FF configurations that were labor intensive to find fixes for the first time. Fortunately, I have kept a file of many of them. Apparently A.I. (oops, maybe it was Firefox) has agreed to give access to Microsoft to interfere with how Firefox is configured when Firefox is the default browser, regardless of the FF version,

Specific details (I will try to make this as repetitive, overly simplified, and superfluous as the auto a.i. responses though I most likely will fail): And if expressing dissatisfaction is violating the rules and guidelines, then please understand I am human, and do not like everything I do online being the result of 1/0 on/off/humanizing A.I. (including genetically . . . oh yeah, we all know where this free "training" of a.i. is going that we are all being used to do without our consent - and worse).

The back arrow/button on the address bar is no longer clickable and it is greyed out. It is apparently another new Firefox standardization that is not one size fits all. The easy solution would have been for the people who do not like the feature to be advised to remove the button/arrow from the address bar. But, no. Instead, at some point, a new update standardized the arrow/button to become unclickable and dysfunctional.

I found a question about how to make the back arrow/button functional again. The question was not why has it been made dysfunctional. The answer was why it had been made dysfunctional.

In short, some people found the arrow/button to be problematic. A.I. said people were losing information they had input to a form, when they used the back arrow/button before completing the form.

So what did FF (or A.I.?) do? Made the arrow/button dysfunctional for everyone because a few folks in lala land did use common sense, and simply remove the button from the address bar so they would not be tempted to use it and lose information.

Why was that a solution instead of Support (A.I.?) telling people who found the arrow/button to be problematic, to remove the arrow/button from the address bar? Really? Why not advise people to make the feature dysfunctional for themselves - instead of the solution being to make it dysfunctional for everyone who uses Firefox Browser.

Here is the basic, simple, question and content I would have preferred, and I'm guessing many actual people would have too.:

Again:

The Back arrow/button in the address bar is unclickable, greyed out and no longer functional. Is there a specific fix we can make in about:config to regain function of the back arrow/button? A response from a person (or people) would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

The Back arrow/button in the address bar is unclickable, greyed out and no longer functional. '''Is there a specific fix we can make in about:config to regain function of the back arrow/button?''' A response from a person (or people) would be appreciated. Your really do not want as much detail from me as possible. I guarantee that. ("Everything is connected" should be enough of an explanation.) But you ask for details . . . . This is specifically about updates (not also installation). Which update and and when I do not know, although it could be Microsoft fooling around with Firefox functionality. OR it could be ESR being updated when updates have been disabled. So that raises the question about the extent to which Microsoft is also configuring Firefox when FF is the default browser. (We deserve to know.) I have changed back to normal updates, and will try to disable the incessant frequent updates which always include undoing new standardized FF configurations that were labor intensive to find fixes for the first time. Fortunately, I have kept a file of many of them. Apparently A.I. (oops, maybe it was Firefox) has agreed to give access to Microsoft to interfere with how Firefox is configured when Firefox is the default browser, regardless of the FF version, '''Specific details''' (I will try to make this as repetitive, overly simplified, and superfluous as the auto a.i. responses though I most likely will fail): And if expressing dissatisfaction is violating the rules and guidelines, then please understand I am human, and do not like everything I do online being the result of 1/0 on/off/humanizing A.I. (including genetically . . . oh yeah, we all know where this free "training" of a.i. is going that we are all being used to do without our consent - and worse). '''The back arrow/button on the address bar is no longer clickable and it is greyed out.''' It is apparently another new Firefox standardization that is not one size fits all. The easy solution would have been for the people who do not like the feature to be advised to remove the button/arrow from the address bar. But, no. Instead, at some point, a new update standardized the arrow/button to become unclickable and dysfunctional. I found a question about how to make the back arrow/button functional again. The question was not why has it been made dysfunctional. The answer was why it had been made dysfunctional. In short, some people found the arrow/button to be problematic. A.I. said people were losing information they had input to a form, when they used the back arrow/button before completing the form. So what did FF (or A.I.?) do? Made the arrow/button dysfunctional for everyone because a few folks in lala land did use common sense, and simply remove the button from the address bar so they would not be tempted to use it and lose information. Why was that a solution instead of Support (A.I.?) telling people who found the arrow/button to be problematic, to remove the arrow/button from the address bar? Really? Why not advise people to make the feature dysfunctional for themselves - instead of the solution being to make it dysfunctional for everyone who uses Firefox Browser. '''Here is the basic, simple, question and content I would have preferred, and I'm guessing many actual people would have too.''': Again: '''The Back arrow/button in the address bar is unclickable, greyed out and no longer functional. ''' '''Is there a specific fix we can make in about:config to regain function of the back arrow/button?''' A response from a person (or people) would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

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I'm not sure which related questions you were offered when submitting this, but now in the sidebar the top one is still the most relevant: https://support.mozilla.org/questions/853173 — i.e. restarting into Troubleshoot Mode from Help menu to confirm it's still reproducing for you there as well.

Next steps would be creating a separate new profile and see how that one works.

Thanks for your reply, jbr. I have not done either - yet. And mostly that is because I found a huge number of people having a similar problem when I did a general search online. I can not determine from your response if you are suggesting the back button arrow is supposed to work. Some of the responses to people who have had the problem associated it to something Firefox had done with some version and updates. And frequently when many people have a similar issue, someone who has the right skill set who also has the problem, will find or create something that can be adjusted in about:config, to solve the problem. The back arrow was working on some pages today. So I need to pay more attention to the pages on which there is the dysfunctional. Perhaps it is something built into individual websites.

Please share links to said huge amounts of people whenever you come across anything relevant either here with the report, or actual bugzilla references if there are any mentioned, to help understand the issue. Maybe the other reports include specific sites or interaction that would shed some light on the issue.

Yes, back–forward navigation is supposed to work.

If you click around this support site for a bit, you will have the history stack to click back through via the back arrow. If not, something's definitely broken.

Sites can be either badly coded and not exposing any history states in case they are completely scripted, or can be opening new tabs that severe the history; neither of which is a browser bug — more of a platform choice of said sites if that's what you're observing.

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