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Display Delete Key From Browsing Back

Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 9:06 am
by icesolid
Is there any way to block the ability of the "Backspace" key from browsing back in a browser?

When people fill out our companies forms online many times they hit the backspace key and then have to go back and fill out the forms again.

Re: Display Delete Key From Browsing Back

Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 2:36 am
by JAB Creations
This is exceptionally obnoxious and it's because developers are burdened with doing a designer's job (so companies don't have to hire someone to humanize their software).

Any way my site uses a script I had help writing called keyboard Power Keys. It should be noted that the layer you see when you visit my site uses AJAX so I have to manually enable/disable the Power Keys function.

m - menu
l - location
s - search
escape - closes the prompt (the layer you see in the link)

It also stops the backspace "back button".

You could also install Keyconfig for Firefox which let's you manually tweak keyboard shortcuts including (at the top) the backspace key.

Have fun! :mrgreen: