What is Backstay?
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Have you ever pressed the "backspace" key only to find that Chrome has taken you to the previous page?
Chrome has a keyboard shortcut for the "Backspace" button which when pressed takes you to the previous web address. Most users don't use this and to their frustration and probably yours, Chrome takes you to the previous page. This often happens when you have spent time to type something lengthy in an online form only to lose all that work.
This extension mediates in those cases and disables the backspace key shortcut from ruining your productivity. It allows the conventional use of the backspace key as a text delete key.
NO ADWARE. NO TROJANS. NO VIRUSES.
This is an update to the BackStop extension developed by Matt Cranham. It fixes the issues brought up in the comments.
User reviews
- Restores the backspace functionality in text boxes
- Works as advertised across different operating systems
- Easy solution for backspace issues
- Helps prevent losing written content
- Compatible with multiple browsers
- Does not work in all text fields
- Still acts as back button in some contexts
- Issues with functionality on certain setups
- Some users report it doesn't work at all
- Inconsistent performance reported by users
- Works as expected
- Doesn't work!
- Fixed it by restarting
- Saves typing work
- Works in address bar
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Risk impact
Backstay requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Backstay has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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