Program a back button key? 1

[prismtx]

My keyboard at home has a back button key, but the one I have at work does not. Is there a way to program a function key to equate to a "Back" button in Internet Explorer?

 

[trollacious]

Alt-Left Arrow will send you back one page in the browser history (like the Back button). Alt-Right Arrow will advance to the next page in the browser history.

Lee

 

[prismtx]

Perfect! I thought there was a shortcut for that, but could not find it for anything! That gives me exactly what I need.

 

[smah]

The Backspace key also performs the back function.

 

[prismtx]

The Backspace key does not work on the screens that I use because it is considered an edit key on the forme that get displayed. The cursor is always placed in a text box in this application, but I'll keep that in mind when I am browsing Internet web pages. Thanks.

 

[BabyJeffy]

On a Mac it's different (isn't it always). I tested using Alt (which is known as Option for the Mac) on the left and right arrow keys (Safari) and had no joy. So this is what I found out...

For IE and Safari:
Command-[ (back)
Command-] (forward)
Command-Left Arrow (back)
Command-Right Arrow (forward)

For Firefox:
Command-[ (back)
Command-] (forward)

Cheers,
Jeff

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