Hello, Backspace works for me.
Portia On Jan 13, 2010, at 8:20 AM, Bryan Smart wrote: > Wow. Could you think of some setting that I might have messed up to break > that functionality on my system? > > I'm on OS 10.6.2. It has been that way ever since I got this Mac with 10.6, > though. Maybe it was something I messed up early on? One of the first ways I > started to learn about the computer was with Mac Help, and I immediately > noticed that these back shortcuts didn't work. I thought that maybe Apple > just hadn't implemented them in the viewer for the help system. > > Bryan > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker > Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 10:27 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Moving back in Safari > > Hi Bryan, > > I just went to Mac help and clicked on Network, share, and go online, and I > press backspace and it went back to the previous page. I also clicked on, > Learn the basics about your Mac, and backspace worked as advertised. > On Jan 12, 2010, at 10:10 AM, Bryan Smart wrote: > >> Here is a situation where command-[ and backspace won't work. >> >> In the Finder, under the Help menu, open Mac Help. When you click on links >> here, you can't backup with a keyboard shortcut that I know, certainly not >> the ones that you'd expect from Safari. The only way I can back up is to >> back out one level with the VO cursor, arrow back to the toolbar, enter the >> toolbar, click the back button, exit the toolbar, arrow over to the HTML >> view, and enter it again. So many keys for a simple function like going back >> a page. >> >> Bryan >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker >> Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 3:47 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Moving back in Safari >> >> Hi Barry, >> >> Sometimes when I click on a link an instead of bringing me to the next page, >> a new window will open. Keep this in mind next time you run into this >> problem. To cycle through windows press command accent, which is located >> directly above the tab key. >> >> hth >> On Jan 11, 2010, at 11:19 PM, Barry Hadder wrote: >> >>> I had to comment on the issue you mentioned in regards to cmd-[ some times >>> working and some times not. Most of the time it works fine for me. >>> However, I've noticed the same thing on occasion and it has really had me >>> perplexed. There are times when I no that there is a prior window, but I >>> can't get back to it with the keystroke. In those situations, I usually >>> just go back to the page in question through the window menu. For some >>> reason, I hadn't thought of trying back space as some have mentioned, but >>> I'll try it next time I run in to it. >>> >>> On Jan 11, 2010, at 2:34 PM, Bryan Smart wrote: >>> >>>> This seems like it should be such a simple question, but I've had terrible >>>> results with figuring it out on my own. >>>> >>>> How do you, or can you, go back to the previous page while browsing with >>>> Safari? >>>> >>>> In the global help, I saw a shortcut key, command-[, for going back in >>>> browsers. I've noticed that this works in some HTML browser views on the >>>> Mac, but not in others. It doesn't work at all for me in Safari. >>>> >>>> I looked in the Safari help, but the sections on Shortcuts and Keyboard >>>> Shortcuts don't seem to list a key for this purpose. >>>> >>>> Have I missed something? >>>> >>>> Bryan >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > >
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