Bringing back BackSpace functionality in 13.04 (Nautilus and Firefox.)
As you may have noticed in Raring Ringtail, the Backspace key won't take you back a step or up a directory in Firefox or Nautilus respectively.
This was beyond annoying, and I couldn't believe this function was plain out missing in 13.04.
Luckily, it's relatively easy to bring it back in both Nautilus and Firefox. Just follow these simple steps:
Nautilus:
Browse to and open the file
~/.config/nautilus/accels
Inside the file, you'll notice everything will be commented out (using the ; symbol before every statement.)
Enter into a new line, arguably at the bottom of the file, and enter:
(gtk_accel_path "<Actions/ShellActions/Up" "BackSpace")
This is a case sensitive command, so enter it exactly like you see it above. Make sure you don't comment the line out like the rest of them, this one needs to be without the ";" symbol.
Now save and exit out of the file, and run either of the following command to kill nautilus so our new setting can take effect after a restart:
nautilus -q
OR
killall nautilus
Now that you restart Nautilus, try moving up out of directories using the backspace key like the good ol' days and it should work.
Firefox:
In the address bar, type and go to:
about:config
Click on the warning button to proceed, and search for "backspace."
You should find the following entry:
browser.backspace_action
With a value of 2, change that value to 0 and your backspace button will start working like it used to.
Cheers. =]
