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01-15-2021, 06:26 PM #1Registered User
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Intermitent failure of backspace to return to the last page
Not sure if the title makes sense but I'm using firefox/windows 10/ new lenovo X1 Yoga thinkpad, when I use the backspace key to page backwards thru previous screens intermittently there is no response, hit BS again and it responds going back a page
At first i assumed it was the keyboard on this refurbed lenovov LT intermittently not responding but then I noticed when ever it didn't page back the little arrow circle next to the home symbol did respond but the app did not page back
I havent tried any other browsers yet it seems to only happen back paging using the BS key while surfing TGR in firefoxLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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01-15-2021, 07:32 PM #2User
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I’ve gotten the same lately using the back arrow, about a 50% no response rate. Firefox/windows 10.
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01-15-2021, 09:25 PM #3Registered User
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I'm not 50% more like 10%,
I havent noticed it on any of the other sites i hangout at, just TGR
and here i was all set to take it back to the dealer & complain about an intermittent backspace keybuttonLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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01-16-2021, 06:17 AM #4
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01-16-2021, 08:00 AM #5
This place is really going south when we start debating software bugs and keyboard shortcuts
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01-16-2021, 12:14 PM #6Registered User
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01-16-2021, 12:42 PM #7Registered User
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alt + left arrow can also fail to page back same as the backspace key not paging back
i'm used to wathcing the screen now to see if the arrow circle thingy in the firefox browser goes around but the screen fails to page back
only happens in TGR
this is not a mechanical issueLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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04-28-2021, 07:18 PM #8Registered User
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I got it working or rather I found a guy who got it working
some guy on FB was selling a lenovo computer said he was a ceritfyed tech so totally at random i asked him if he had ever heard of this problem, he said hang on , came back 15 min later and said he figured it out
in case I ever need this again
the type about:config into browser bar
ignore the warning to not proceed
type browser.backspace_action
right click on the pencil icon
change the numerical value beside the preference to 0
click the check mark & quit the browser
got talking afterwards and turns out buddy used to be an IBM contracter on a bunch of hardware everything from AS 400 to store systems to banking systems, had been a system admin spending a lot of time in about:config and we knew the same guy in Terrace
talk about Random I'm gona go buy a lottery ticket !Lee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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