Single Key Back Button in IE or Moz?

[Brett_Tabke]

One of my most used features in Opera, is the single key back button. It is a simple "z" key or from the mouse, use the mouse gesture (click hold, drag left and release).

Anything like that in IE or Mozilla?

[hakre]

if you own a mouse with buttons on the left or right (not on top, on the side), you can use to navigate back and forth in ie.

[SlyGuy]

In IE, you can use the "Backspace" button to move back a page...or Alt-Left Arrow, but that takes too much effort.

- Chad

[dingman]

I think there's an add-on now to get mouse gestures in Mozilla. Now that you mention it, I think perhaps I'll try installing it. Galeon has mouse gestures, and I use them all the time. Don't know about key bindings, but I presume there's a lot you can do if you want to dig around the the Moz conf files.

[bcc1234]

You can enable user gestures in mozilla. I don't remember how, but I'm sure you can. It's pretty much the same.

Also, check all the config files. Most of the options are not in the properties menu.

[korkus2000]

With IE you just right click move over the back in the contextual menu and left click. Not that many more steps. I think the next IE will have something more like opera.

[pageoneresults]

In IE, you can use the "Backspace" button to move back a page...or Alt-Left Arrow, but that takes too much effort.

I think SlyGuy posted the quickest way using your backspace key.

Depending on your keyboard, you can also program the F keys to perform specific functions.

[hakre]

in my ie, backspace wont work. :( i only knew alt+left/right. but what about speech recorgnition and command your browser by voice (when you're alon at home ;) ). should work with any browser.

[SlyGuy]

The spacebar is also really handy for loooooong webpages (in IE again).

- Chad

[Jon_King]

Yes indeed... the two most handy IE keys: [Backspace] for back, and [spacebar] for pagedown.

There might be one exception, [alt][F4] - close window. Great for quick removal of pop-ups!

[Brett_Tabke]

But backspace and the alt-lftcrsr are on the wrong hand. Nothing over on the left side of the kb for navigation?

Any mouse gesture addons available for IE?

[c3oc3o]

Backspace does it in Moz as well, by default.

To add your own key binding for, let's say, ALT+Z, create this file:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!-- In order to work correctly, this file must be named -->
<!-- res/builtin/userHTMLBindings.xml in the mozilla directory. -->
<bindings id="htmlBindings"
xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/xbl"
xmlns:xul="http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul">

<binding id="browserUser">
<handlers>
<handler event="keypress" key="z" modifiers="alt"
command="cmd_browserBack"/>
</handlers>
</binding>

</bindings>

A bit complicated, but it should be obvious how to change the key. (I didn't try it without a modifier, that would likely interfere with typeahead search... you'd have to experiment.)

[WibbleWobble]

Any mouse gesture addons available for IE?

Not that I know of. The mouse gestures for Moz clients can be found here [optimoz.mozdev.org].