How to change the Previous shortcut (default alt+<-) to backspace key? I don't find this on system configuration.
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It is not elementaryos policy to allow users to change existing native app shortcuts, generally. The only configurable shortcuts are in the System Settings keyboard plug.
This issue has been raised several times in the Files issue tracker (see https://github.com/elementary/files/issues?q=is%3Aissue+backspace+is%3Aclosed).
The reply of the project leader was "We don’t use backspace as a navigation key. Major browsers have dropped this convention. Closing as “Design Conflict”"
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Note: If you use Column View, then
BackSpace
is used by the app to navigate up the directory tree.<Alt>LeftArrow
navigates backwards in the browser history.<Alt>UpArrow
navigates to the parent directory in all views. Jun 8, 2019 at 17:35 -
Thank you for the note, Jeremy. I will use the Column View! Jun 8, 2019 at 19:02