Chrome back button (newly) steals page focus
Last night I updated to Chrome 70.0.3538.77 (Official Build) (64-bit) on my Mac (Sierra). I'm now seeing the following new behavior: after using the "back" button, the page I've gone back to doesn't have focus. That is, if I use the arrow or page up/down or home/end keys to navigate the page, nothing happens. I have to click in the page to get the focus again.
This doesn't happen when I navigate to a page via links; after the page load, these keys work as expected. It's only when going back, and only with this update. (I had 68.something before; apparently I skipped 69.)
I disabled user scripts and tried several sites -- Stack Exchange sites, XKCD, weather.com all behave this way. I found something in searching that suggested it might have to do with iframes, so I tried on a bare-bones HTML page (hand-written) with nothing fancy going on, and it happens there too.
While waiting for Google to fix this, is there something I can do to force the page to have the correct focus? If there targets within the page (such as a search box), ideally the focus would be wherever it would have been were that page freshly loaded instead of reached via "back".
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asked Nov 1 '18 at 13:40
Monica CellioMonica Cellio
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Last night I updated to Chrome 70.0.3538.77 (Official Build) (64-bit) on my Mac (Sierra). I'm now seeing the following new behavior: after using the "back" button, the page I've gone back to doesn't have focus. That is, if I use the arrow or page up/down or home/end keys to navigate the page, nothing happens. I have to click in the page to get the focus again.
This doesn't happen when I navigate to a page via links; after the page load, these keys work as expected. It's only when going back, and only with this update. (I had 68.something before; apparently I skipped 69.)
I disabled user scripts and tried several sites -- Stack Exchange sites, XKCD, weather.com all behave this way. I found something in searching that suggested it might have to do with iframes, so I tried on a bare-bones HTML page (hand-written) with nothing fancy going on, and it happens there too.
While waiting for Google to fix this, is there something I can do to force the page to have the correct focus? If there targets within the page (such as a search box), ideally the focus would be wherever it would have been were that page freshly loaded instead of reached via "back".
google-chrome
asked Nov 1 '18 at 13:40
Monica CellioMonica Cellio
177117
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Last night I updated to Chrome 70.0.3538.77 (Official Build) (64-bit) on my Mac (Sierra). I'm now seeing the following new behavior: after using the "back" button, the page I've gone back to doesn't have focus. That is, if I use the arrow or page up/down or home/end keys to navigate the page, nothing happens. I have to click in the page to get the focus again.
This doesn't happen when I navigate to a page via links; after the page load, these keys work as expected. It's only when going back, and only with this update. (I had 68.something before; apparently I skipped 69.)
I disabled user scripts and tried several sites -- Stack Exchange sites, XKCD, weather.com all behave this way. I found something in searching that suggested it might have to do with iframes, so I tried on a bare-bones HTML page (hand-written) with nothing fancy going on, and it happens there too.
While waiting for Google to fix this, is there something I can do to force the page to have the correct focus? If there targets within the page (such as a search box), ideally the focus would be wherever it would have been were that page freshly loaded instead of reached via "back".
google-chrome
asked Nov 1 '18 at 13:40
Monica CellioMonica Cellio
177117
Last night I updated to Chrome 70.0.3538.77 (Official Build) (64-bit) on my Mac (Sierra). I'm now seeing the following new behavior: after using the "back" button, the page I've gone back to doesn't have focus. That is, if I use the arrow or page up/down or home/end keys to navigate the page, nothing happens. I have to click in the page to get the focus again.
This doesn't happen when I navigate to a page via links; after the page load, these keys work as expected. It's only when going back, and only with this update. (I had 68.something before; apparently I skipped 69.)
I disabled user scripts and tried several sites -- Stack Exchange sites, XKCD, weather.com all behave this way. I found something in searching that suggested it might have to do with iframes, so I tried on a bare-bones HTML page (hand-written) with nothing fancy going on, and it happens there too.
While waiting for Google to fix this, is there something I can do to force the page to have the correct focus? If there targets within the page (such as a search box), ideally the focus would be wherever it would have been were that page freshly loaded instead of reached via "back".
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asked Nov 1 '18 at 13:40
Monica CellioMonica Cellio
177117
asked Nov 1 '18 at 13:40
Monica CellioMonica Cellio
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asked Nov 1 '18 at 13:40
Monica CellioMonica Cellio
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asked Nov 1 '18 at 13:40
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asked Nov 1 '18 at 13:40
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This has been driving me nuts as well. It doesn't happen when I use Command-Left Arrow to navigate back, instead of clicking on the back button. I also installed the Go Back With Backspace extension, which lets me use the backspace key as a shortcut. (Another feature Chrome broke a while back.)
answered Jan 30 at 3:41
Jim AnconaJim Ancona
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Thanks! I never thought to try a keyboard shortcut. I'll attempt to train myself to do that.
– Monica Cellio
Jan 30 at 3:45
I think I used to use the keyboard, but untrained myself when they removed the backspace shortcut. Now I'm attempting to retrain myself to use the keyboard again.
– Jim Ancona
Jan 30 at 18:43
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This has been driving me nuts as well. It doesn't happen when I use Command-Left Arrow to navigate back, instead of clicking on the back button. I also installed the Go Back With Backspace extension, which lets me use the backspace key as a shortcut. (Another feature Chrome broke a while back.)
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Thanks! I never thought to try a keyboard shortcut. I'll attempt to train myself to do that.
– Monica Cellio
Jan 30 at 3:45
I think I used to use the keyboard, but untrained myself when they removed the backspace shortcut. Now I'm attempting to retrain myself to use the keyboard again.
– Jim Ancona
Jan 30 at 18:43
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This has been driving me nuts as well. It doesn't happen when I use Command-Left Arrow to navigate back, instead of clicking on the back button. I also installed the Go Back With Backspace extension, which lets me use the backspace key as a shortcut. (Another feature Chrome broke a while back.)
answered Jan 30 at 3:41
Jim AnconaJim Ancona
261
Thanks! I never thought to try a keyboard shortcut. I'll attempt to train myself to do that.
– Monica Cellio
Jan 30 at 3:45
I think I used to use the keyboard, but untrained myself when they removed the backspace shortcut. Now I'm attempting to retrain myself to use the keyboard again.
– Jim Ancona
Jan 30 at 18:43
add a comment |
This has been driving me nuts as well. It doesn't happen when I use Command-Left Arrow to navigate back, instead of clicking on the back button. I also installed the Go Back With Backspace extension, which lets me use the backspace key as a shortcut. (Another feature Chrome broke a while back.)
answered Jan 30 at 3:41
Jim AnconaJim Ancona
261
This has been driving me nuts as well. It doesn't happen when I use Command-Left Arrow to navigate back, instead of clicking on the back button. I also installed the Go Back With Backspace extension, which lets me use the backspace key as a shortcut. (Another feature Chrome broke a while back.)
answered Jan 30 at 3:41
Jim AnconaJim Ancona
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answered Jan 30 at 3:41
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answered Jan 30 at 3:41
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Thanks! I never thought to try a keyboard shortcut. I'll attempt to train myself to do that.
– Monica Cellio
Jan 30 at 3:45
I think I used to use the keyboard, but untrained myself when they removed the backspace shortcut. Now I'm attempting to retrain myself to use the keyboard again.
– Jim Ancona
Jan 30 at 18:43
add a comment |
Thanks! I never thought to try a keyboard shortcut. I'll attempt to train myself to do that.
– Monica Cellio
Jan 30 at 3:45
I think I used to use the keyboard, but untrained myself when they removed the backspace shortcut. Now I'm attempting to retrain myself to use the keyboard again.
– Jim Ancona
Jan 30 at 18:43
Thanks! I never thought to try a keyboard shortcut. I'll attempt to train myself to do that.
– Monica Cellio
Jan 30 at 3:45
Thanks! I never thought to try a keyboard shortcut. I'll attempt to train myself to do that.
– Monica Cellio
Jan 30 at 3:45
I think I used to use the keyboard, but untrained myself when they removed the backspace shortcut. Now I'm attempting to retrain myself to use the keyboard again.
– Jim Ancona
Jan 30 at 18:43
I think I used to use the keyboard, but untrained myself when they removed the backspace shortcut. Now I'm attempting to retrain myself to use the keyboard again.
– Jim Ancona
Jan 30 at 18:43
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