HOWTO: Fix Firefox Backspace Key Action on Ubuntu

For some reason, if you can’t get backspace button to navigate back in Firefox, here’s a fix for it:

Open up your firefox and type

about:config

in the address awesome bar. Click “I’ll be carefull, I promise” if it asks. Then in the filter bar type:

browser.backspace_action

You don’t need to type it all. It’ll show you the this entry if you type some of the first letters. Probably it has a value like “2″ Double click the item and change it’s value to 0 (zero).

That’s it. You don’t even have to restart your browser.

Have fun.

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