176070 - backspace key works like "back" button

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 108816

(Core :: DOM: UI Events & Focus Handling, defect)

Description

[John T]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.2b) Gecko/20021016
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.2b) Gecko/20021016

If the cursor is at the top of the page, or maybe undefined, and the backspace
key is pressed, the browser will go to the previous webpage. Alt+left-arrow is
supposed to do this and is documented. I don't think this action of the
backspace key is intentional. I've noticed window switching or webpage changing
caused by the tab key too. In MS Windows, there are some hotkey commands for
switching windows, and some hotkey actions within Mozilla too. BUT these are
supposed to be combo keys like ctl-u, not single keys. The code that processes
keystrokes might be reviewed to see if something's slipping thru the logic.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.load the first webpage.
2.load another webpage
3. press the backspace key

Actual Results:  
The browser re-displays the first webpage.

Expected Results:  
According to the hotkey info in the menus, it shouldn't have done anything. A
backspace without a keyboard data entry field containing something to erase
should just be thrown away, I think.

Comment 1

[Chris Lyon]

->Keyboard Navigation

Comment 2

[Aaron Leventhal]

This is for IE keyboard compatibility. We had lots of arguments about this in
the past, but settled on that solution.

Anyway, the final decision's been made and at this point we just want to stay
consistent.

See bug 108816 for reference.

Comment 3

[Wesha]

reopening to dupe

Comment 4

[Wesha]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 108816 ***

Comment 5

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

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