Am I missing something here? I'm able to press backspace to go back a page without configuring anything.
Ricardo Walker [email protected] Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Aug 4, 2012, at 9:30 PM, Christopher-Mark gilland <[email protected]> wrote: > I definitely wouldn't wanna do this, as like the tip states, you then lose > your ability to delete inputted text, so, if I make a booboo on a web based > e-mail service and I'm 3 paragraphs deep, and I only have a backspace key, > not a full delete key on my keyboard, then, guess what, I'm screwed. Looks > like Im gonna be typing the whole thing over from the top... or... did I miss > something? > > Chris. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bill Holton > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2012 9:26 PM > Subject: A way to renable the backspace key to go back a page in Safari > > Has anyone tried this? Or is there a better way to get a better command to > go back in Safari.. > <adtag.gif> > Re-enable the backspace key to go back a page in Safari 6 <t_browsers.png> > Aug 03, '12 07:30:00AM • Contributed by: philwo > It seems like Apple disabled the "Press Backspace to go back a page" feature > in Safari 6 due to users having complained about losing text entered in text > fields when they accidentally pressed the backspace key. If you liked this > feature, you can enable it again using this command: > defaults write com.apple.Safari NSUserKeyEquivalents -dict-add Back "\U232b" > If you ever want to disable it, there are two possibilities. The first, if > you don't have any other shortcuts for Safari, is to run this command: > defaults delete com.apple.Safari NSUserKeyEquivalents > It will delete all Safari keyboard shortcuts. > > The second method is a bit more time-consuming. You need to first create a > keyboard shortcut for Safari, for the "Back" command, in the preferences. > Then, if you apply the first command above, you'll be able to delete it. If > you don't have a shortcut set up for the Back command before running the > first command above, it won't display in the Keyboard Shortcut preferences, > and you won't be able to delete it from the preference pane. It seems like > using the defaults command to set up a shortcut only displays that shortcut > in the preference pane if you already have a shortcut created. > • > • Currently 4.17 / 5 > You rated: 3 / 5 (6 votes cast) > > > > -- > 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.
