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Status: Duplicate
Merged: issue 608016
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Closed: Sep 2016
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OS: Linux
Pri: 2
Type: Bug-Regression



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Pressing BackSpace key is easy than pressing Alt+Down

Reported by berkut.u...@gmail.com, Aug 26 2016 
UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/52.0.2743.116 Safari/537.36

Steps to reproduce the problem:
Open any web page and press BackSpace key.

What is the expected behavior?
BackSpace key used to go to previous page in Internet Explorer many years and habitually for us (users).

What went wrong?
In current version BackSpace key does not work - this is regression for us.

Did this work before? Yes BackSpace key does not work in current version, but work in previous versions.

Chrome version: 52.0.2743.116  Channel: stable
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Implementing of BackSpace key it is not compatibility issue, it is default (must have) behaviour.
Moreover, pressing one key (BackSpace key) is easy than pressing combination of keys (Alt+Down).

Comment 1 by kapishnikov@chromium.org, Aug 26 2016

Components: UI>Browser>Navigation
Labels: Needs-Feedback
Please check
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/go-back-with-backspace/eekailopagacbcdloonjhbiecobagjci

Does it work for you?

Comment 2 by 1roso...@gmail.com, Sep 7 2016 

Why the hell should majority of users being again punished for misbehave of minority?
If anyone not able to realize he is in a form field and trying to go back with backspace (thus deleting what he typed before in that form), HE should get a message that BACKSPACE in a form is going to delete content (may be some ctrl+z with undelete of whole deleted form content would be better than getting rid of going back feature).
left ALT + left arrow is the only functional key combination but requires TWO HANDS!!!! or at least TWO fingers for LONG finger-type people (lol), why getting rid of a feature that requires ONE hand/finger to go back?
This has been a function for AGES in every browser? :-o ... crist hour!!!!

Comment 3 by 1roso...@gmail.com, Sep 7 2016 

right alt + left key rotates the screen 90 degrees so thanks a lot for this bug google.

Comment 4 by creis@chromium.org, Sep 7 2016

Mergedinto: 608016
Status: Duplicate (was: Unconfirmed)

Comment 5 by jjtu...@gmail.com, Sep 8 2016 

The only correct solution would be to ask user if he really wants to leave page when there were some data entered in the form and then backspace is pressed.
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