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Pressing ctrl+mouse back button doesn't open a new tab

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jurifurer
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When holding Ctrl and clicking the back arrow at the top left manually, it opens a new tab with the URL of the previous page, as it's supposed to. But for some reason, when I hold Ctrl and press the back button on my mouse, it doesn't do the same. This is quite annoying, as sometimes I need to navigate back, but keep the current page open as well, and this forces me to move my mouse cursor all the way to the top left and back again

When holding Ctrl and clicking the back arrow at the top left manually, it opens a new tab with the URL of the previous page, as it's supposed to. But for some reason, when I hold Ctrl and press the back button on my mouse, it doesn't do the same. This is quite annoying, as sometimes I need to navigate back, but keep the current page open as well, and this forces me to move my mouse cursor all the way to the top left and back again

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schnrl
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Hi jurifurer, I'm sorry but I didn't find a shortcut to do this faster. Maybe this site can help you: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/keyboard-shortcuts-perform-firefox-tasks-quickly