Yes it was an error because backspace does function as a backspace when a text input field has the focus. Making something that should be muscle memory context-dependent.
replyIt should have been Ctrl-Backspace or something.
Yeah, that wasn't an attempt to remove keyboard navigation, that was fixing a painful error in keyboard navigation.
replyI'm surprised the person responsible for <backspace> mapping to Back navigation didn't mandate that <del> would be super awesome for Forward navigation.
replyNono, that should close the window xD
replyright now, i cannot even enable Backspace = go back on Edge. I am forced to use Edge on my work computer and i hate that this feature is gone. Not disabled, just gone.
replyAbout enter to auto submit, i've been running into this problem more often where some web frameworks just ignore the Enter key. There is a submit button, but i cannot trigger it via the enter key.
Is alt-left to go back a bad keyboard shortcut for you? It's what I use.
replyIt's also far less likely to be accidentally typed while trying to fill in a form and fumbling the tab navigation.
Every small feature is used by some subset of users, but if you don't trim your software from time to time then feature creep will eventually make it incoherent. Yes, it involves even small details like this one. I don't think learning another hotkey is a big problem, and anyone using keyboard navigation on the web should generally be at least aware of a ton of existing Vim-like navigation extensions (and even browsers)
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