If normal backspace doesnt work, then your backspace button is broken. How to properly configure the backspace key in firefox for linux. Hom 10 march 2014 here is a list of shortcuts for the firefox web browser for mac and linux operating systems. The navigator takes me back a page and i lose my two hours of work. Was attempting to use for accessibility shortcuts via a generalized keystroke to functionmethod mapping system. Zell liew noticed that 3 of these keycodes were different in firefox than the rest of the browsers. This extension reenables the backspace key as a back navigation button except if youre writing text. In any browser, when you press the backspace key, it takes you back one page in the browsers history.
Syntax event new keyboardeventtypearg, keyboardeventinit. Enable backspace in firefox in ubuntu linux quick tip it. Keycode testing tool which keys map to which keycodes. How to properly configure the backspace key in firefox for. How to disable or customize backspace key in mozilla firefox. Enable backspace in firefox in ubuntu linux quick tip. There cant be any history in the tab, since pressing backspace would. If the issue is with your computer or a laptop you should try using reimage plus which can scan the repositories and replace corrupt and missing files. This tutorial explains how to set the default action assigned to the backspace key in firefox. An hour or two into my work, i hit backspace with the intent of editing what i wrote maybe after i scrolled or something, so maybe i unintentionally took the edit window out of focus. Mar 30, 2017 the extension also allows users to disable the backspace button on specific web pages. Macintosh gecko does give correct charcode values on keypress events, but to a keydown or keyup handler, all the keys that return zero above are indistinguishable. Setting the value to 0 will set backspace to go back in your history 1 page. It is located right where you normally think of backspace to be located.
Firefox is the default web browser in many a linux distributions including ubuntu. How to make the delete key on a mac act like a pc fixedbyvonnie. The delete button on a mac keyboard which i believe sends backspace, when using via chrome, at first did not appear to work. Lets say i wrote the wrong word, as you know a windows keyboard has delete and backspace keys, but a macbook keyboard only has a delete key which acts like the backspace key.
In the search field type backspace, if you havent done anything in firefoxs config file prefs. If the input device isnt a physical keyboard, but is instead a virtual keyboard or accessibility device, the returned value will be set by. For example, the minus key has different key codes in different browsers. This is going to sound like a stupid question, i am going to try and word it so it sounds seminormal. The keyboardevent constructor creates a new keyboardevent. How to disable backspace as back button in chrome and firefox. Enable backspace to go to the previous page in firefox. You will notice that pressing backspace when not in a text field brings you back to the previous webpage you visited, which can be quite annoying. Javascript char codes key codes interactive demonstration and lookup table.
Onkeypress, safari gives weird keycode values in the 63200 range for delete, end. Keyboardeventinit optional is a keyboardeventinit dictionary, having the following fields. It backs the cursor up a sucks up my last character but thats exactly what the backspace button does. The windows key and semicolon key are also different keycodes in firefox, but i didnt. Zell liew noticed that 3 of these keycodes were different in firefox.
Mar 31, 2015 it backs the cursor up a sucks up my last character but thats exactly what the backspace button does. Mar 10, 2014 firefox shortcuts for mac and linux by elaine j. Keyboard shortcuts perform common firefox tasks quickly. I dont know which one would be considered the right way. Make backspace key work correctly in firefox on linux. Tabbing to this location and then pressing the backspace key to back up to the position of the first digit is practical but slow. A future version of the app will stop the backspace button from also functioning as a back button. This works in most cases, where the issue is originated due to a.
I quickly discovered that on my mac, the delete key behaves exactly like the backspace key on my pc. In general, detecting keys on mac is much, much more difficult than on windows. However the tabs have no reaction to the key events due to lack of charcode, as struct userinputdata in event queue contains no charcode for nsappshell to propagate out. This bug was reported to mozilla bug 44259 in june 2000, and it took eight years to get the partial fixes out. Since space will send keycode 32 and backspace will send 0 in mozilla so thats why it is not working in mozilla. Changing summary a bit and confirming recent suite trunk build. Mar 06, 2014 remember the last time you used backspace key to go back to previous webpage while browsing in mozilla firefox. The keyboardevent constructor creates a new keyboardevent syntax event new keyboardeventtypearg, keyboardeventinit. On mac, keypress events give you an completely different set of. If the system is mac and the native keycode of the pressed key indicates that the key is.
Mar 19, 2018 how to properly configure the backspace key in firefox for linux. In the default mozilla firefox installation in ubuntu linux, the backspace key does not do this. As a long time pc user who just bought a powerbook, i love firefox for pc, but i have found the lack of the backspace shortcut on mac firefox quite annoying. The opera web browser supports the otabsize css property, the firefox web browser supports the. Anyhow, if anyone figures out a way to bring back the backspace for previous page, let me know. Bluetoothhid keycodetocharcode mapping for bt keyboard. Use backspace to go back in firefox mac os x hints. If you can, try doing some of the other fncombos, like fndownarrow to do page down. Im building a terminal emulation and running into an issue with capturing backspace in firefox. Where is the backspace key on my new mac apple community. If you have enabled emacsstyle text editing shortcuts in gnome, they will also work in firefox. Also, i use a microsoft ergo keyboard, where keys have different sizes. Jan 11, 2007 backspace 8 tab 9 enter shift 16 ctrl 17 alt 18 pausebreak 19 caps lock 20 escape 27 page up 33 page down 34 end 35 home 36 left arrow 37 up arrow 38 right arrow 39 down arrow 40 insert 45 delete 46 0 48 1 49 2 50 3 51 4 52 5 53 6 54 7 55 8 56 9 57 a 65 b 66 c 67 d 68. Backspace to go back is completely useless for me, as when i reply to a customer, the view automatically goes back to main view.
If you need to detect these keys, do yourself a favour and search for their keycode onkeydownup, and ignore both onkeypress and charcode. Aug 30, 20 disable backspace as back button in firefox mozilla deserves kudos for offering a backspace disabling option in the browser itself. The only way i can backspace right now is to use the arrow key to move left, then press backspace the button labeled delete on a mac keyboard, which appears to be performing a delete. These keycode values are only valid during in keydown and keyup events. The immediate solution is to build firefox from source, after applying the patch for. The change has already been rolled out in some experimental versions of the app, and has upset some users.
The delete key on m windows box deletes to the right. However, to improve consistency with other applications running on linux, it was decided that this mapping should be optionaland set based on which platform the browser was running on. On the trackpad 3 finger multitouch, mozilla includes multitouch support in firefox 3. Chrome 52 blocks backspace back navigation ghacks tech news. Delete will delete the character to the left of the cursor. Keyboardevent value keycodes, metakey, etc csstricks. However, currently, at least on windows and mac, the charcode is always utf16 character.
The two lists of urls in the options now accept as a wildcard for the end potion of any path. Mar 30, 2010 deleting to the left of your cursor is backspacing, and all macs have a backspace key at the topright of the keyboard, just above the return key. It is equivalent to clicking the back button in the browser. I may note that backspace still takes you back in firefox and chrome and any other browser on mac, its just apple seemingly decided to omit the functionality from their new browser. So each time you press the delete key on a pc, the entire line is sucked into the. Sep 12, 2007 make sure you can type and backspace delete normally. By steve on thursday, january 11, 2007 updated monday, july 04, 2016. For keys whose char attribute contains multiple characters, this is the unicode value of the first character in that attribute. The backspace key was mapped to the browser back function in mozilla for consistency with internet explorer.
The extension also allows users to disable the backspace button on specific web pages. In firefox 26 this returns codes for printable characters. In the search field type backspace, if you havent done anything in firefox s config file prefs. Hi masayuki, were working on typing with bluetooth keyboard on fxos phone and currently weve connected the phone to the keyboard. Google chrome to disallow backspace as a back button.
Values typearg is a domstring representing the name of the event. On a particular web page, you can click the extension icon. But you can modify, backspace key action can be modified easily. Jul 14, 2012 anyhow, if anyone figures out a way to bring back the backspace for previous page, let me know. Delete button del button is broken in firefox when sites are. How to disable the backspace key as back button in firefox.
I have no idea why firefox is different, but it is, and s. In a keypress event, the unicode value of the key pressed is stored in either the keycode or charcode property, but never both. Im able to nab the first backspace and remove the last character on the input at the prompt, but it wont persist and remove more than one character. Google chrome is going to stop people from accidentally deleting everything theyve been doing. This is usually the decimal ascii or windows 1252 code corresponding to the key. How can i disable backspace key from navigating back a. I noticed that firefox uses different values for event.
For example, if i am using any browser on windows, i can use backspace instead of back button in browser to go to previously visited page. On mac, keypress events give you an completely different set of codes. Now type backspace in the filter box and look for following key. If you hold the fn key and press delete, it will delete the character to the right of the cursor forward delete. Only opera detects this key, but gives it a keycode of 17, which is usually reserved for the ctrl key. Mar 18, 2010 in any browser, when you press the backspace key, it takes you back one page in the browsers history. Accessibility features in firefox make firefox and web content work for all users. Backspace key is quite large on this model, 34 times wider than some letter keys, so quite easy to press accidentally. If that doesnt work, then your fn button might be dead. Deleting to the left of your cursor is backspacing, and all macs have a backspace key at the topright of the keyboard, just above the return key. Remember the last time you used backspace key to go back to previous webpage while browsing in mozilla firefox.