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While entering data in a form, I sometimes hit the backspace key and it goes to the previous internet page and I lose the data. How do I disable this key?

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olmstedhomested
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The backpage is usually while using a drop down window. Data from the entire page is lost, because it's not on an autosave.

The backpage is usually while using a drop down window. Data from the entire page is lost, because it's not on an autosave.

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patrickmc
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Hello olmstedhomested,

Thank you for contacting Mozilla Support. With these instructions you can either remap the backspace to another function or turn it off altogether.

  1. Type about:config in the address bar and press Enter.
  2. Press the big button to bypass the warning.
  3. In the search box, paste browser.backspace_action
  4. In the search results, double-click browser.backspace_action and set its value to 1 or 2.
  • Value 1 Pressing [Backspace] will scroll up a page in the current document and [Shift]+[Backspace] will scroll down.
  • Value 2 will simply unmap the backspace key.

I hope this solves your issue.

Cheers, Patrick