HOW DO I DISABLE BACKSPACE SHORTCUT TO GO BACK?

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How can I disable the backspace shortcut that makes IE go a page back?

I see many many posts on this from years ago but no answers yet.
 
Hi q,

There is javascript to delete the back links, though you will have to search
for the solution yourself.

There are Group Policy settings to remove the Back buttons and menu Items
from the IE Toolbar. Without the Back button and menu the keyboard shortcut
is disabled too. (gpedit.msc)

If you are designing your web site you may like to consider a redesign.
Disabling the back navigation is counter intuiative. If you are making a
Wizard type interface you may like to consider using a Modal Dialog that
shows a sequence of Forms or WebForms (a modal dialog can hide the toolbar,
effectively disabling navigation out of the form sequence).
 
Rob said:
Hi q,

There is javascript to delete the back links, though you will have to search
for the solution yourself.

There are Group Policy settings to remove the Back buttons and menu Items
from the IE Toolbar. Without the Back button and menu the keyboard shortcut
is disabled too. (gpedit.msc)

If you are designing your web site
Click to expand...

I'm not designing a website. I want to be able to use backspace without
the browser going Back. It is very annoying when I type and pres
backspace and it goes back.

I still want to be able to click the back button.
 
Rob said:
Hi q,

There is javascript to delete the back links, though you will have to search
for the solution yourself.

There are Group Policy settings to remove the Back buttons and menu Items
from the IE Toolbar. Without the Back button and menu the keyboard shortcut
is disabled too. (gpedit.msc)

If you are designing your web site
Click to expand...

I'm not designing a website. I want to be able to use backspace without
the browser going Back. It is very annoying when I type and pres
backspace and it goes back.

I still want to be able to click the back button.
 
Hi again q,

The normal keyboard shortcut for Back is Alt+rightarrow (see the View>Go to
menu in IE)

Do you have any toolbar add-ins that may be re-mapping your keyboard
shortcuts? The Backspace key on my puter has no navigation effects!
 
Rob said:
Hi again q,

The normal keyboard shortcut for Back is Alt+rightarrow (see the View>Go to
menu in IE)

Do you have any toolbar add-ins that may be re-mapping your keyboard
shortcuts? The Backspace key on my puter has no navigation effects!
Click to expand...

no add-ons. Infact I recently formatted. Win XP sp2, IE v6.

When you're in a textbox, it works as a backspace, but, otherwise it
goes back.

Try going to google groups and getting the tree view, and clicking a
name, then hitting backspace, it'll go back until it reaches google.com
where the default focus is the textbox so it won't go back further.
Unless you click outside the textbox.

At least, that's how it is for me and many others. If you were to
google usenet for disable backspace internet explorer go back shortcut,
there are loads of people getting mad about it!

"Backspace Issue on IE 6" http://tinyurl.com/d2m8w
"backspace IE 5 problem" http://tinyurl.com/cfk9l
"Annoying IE problem with Backspace key" http://tinyurl.com/8clw4
"backspace key on IE sends me back" http://tinyurl.com/92u8s

So the Question now is Howcome the bug/feature hasn't got to you
?!!!!!

Or how are you getting around it. ?

or, are you sure backspace isn't going back in your IE browser?!







..
 
Hi q,

Yes indeedee it does appear to be an undocumented feature. I whent to a few
sites and the Backspace key does navigate back! Hey Shift+Backspace
navigates foreward!

I seem to remember when I first started using the net and IE that these were
the keystrokes that I used for navigation. I don't think that a patch for it
will happen with IE6 and it will probably carry over to v7.

How do I get around it. Well I spose its just habbit that I use the
Alt-rightarrow shortcuts. Lately I've been using tabbed browsing (MSN Search
toolbar) and usually open up pages in new tabs i/o navigating a site.

Since it does not occur when a text box has focus this seems to be enough to
prevent the accidental navigation. I think the emphasis should be on the web
designers to set focus to a form field when entering a page.


So I think your only solution is to change your habbits. Thanks for the
info. I will be adding these shortcuts to my own personal listings
 
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How can I disable the backspace shortcut that makes IE go a page back?

I see many many posts on this from years ago but no answers yet.
Click to expand...


Backspace works fine for me. Just make sure that keyboard focus
is where it needs to be for what you want to do.

BTW I'm not going to do a search right now but I bet that I have a given
essentially this answer at least a couple of times in the past.


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Hi Robert,

I know that the focus has to be on a field, but when it isn't the Backspace
and the Shift+Backspace keys navigate back and forward. I know its no big
deal, but I am just surprised that its undocumented (well I don't think I
should be surprised at all!). I can remember being shown these shortcuts on
one of the first occasions I did web page development
 
Rob Parsons said:
Hi Robert,

I know that the focus has to be on a field, but when it isn't the Backspace
and the Shift+Backspace keys navigate back and forward. I know its no big
deal, but I am just surprised that its undocumented
Click to expand...


Ah, but that is documented. Press F1 and search for Backspace? <eg>
(Then expand Viewing and exploring Web pages.)


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(well I don't think I
should be surprised at all!). I can remember being shown these shortcuts on
one of the first occasions I did web page development
Click to expand...
 
Yeah Ok. I see it. I don't see Shift+Backspace though. Enough already
Robert Aldwinckle said:
Rob Parsons said:
Hi Robert,

I know that the focus has to be on a field, but when it isn't the Backspace
and the Shift+Backspace keys navigate back and forward. I know its no big
deal, but I am just surprised that its undocumented
Click to expand...


Ah, but that is documented. Press F1 and search for Backspace? <eg>
(Then expand Viewing and exploring Web pages.)


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Click to expand...
 
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