“Navigate forward and backward in page history” shortcuts broken on multiple (all?) platforms and clients

Alice
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Web client, stable 201332 (10d1e45), Firefox 113.0.2, Xubuntu 20

Edit: Also tested on Chromium, same issue.

The Alt-←→ shortcuts (“Navigate forward and backward in page history” ) stopped working approximately 1–3 days ago (end of May 2023).

  1. Nothing happens when the keyboard shortcut is used.
  2. Nothing pops up in the developer console when hitting those key combinations either.
  3. The shortcut is still listed as usual in the “Keybinds” section of the settings. They cannot be edited in the browser version anyway.
  4. Same issue in a private browsing window.
  5. Same issue without the adblockers.
  6. Alt-↑↓ and Shift-Alt-↑↓ still work as intended.
  7. Using the web browser’s UI buttons to go back and forward still works.
  8. Same issue on all servers, and in the Direct Messages section.
  9. That shortcut, which is natively supported by Firefox, still works on every other website.
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  • i_en

    Adding on, this is also an issue on the desktop client as well.

    Items #1, #3, #6, #8 from above in particular are exactly as described.

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  • Alice
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    Thanks Ian for confirming that I’m not alone.

    Are you on Linux as well, or is this a cross-OS issue? I might have to edit the title depending on the scope (if it can be edited).

    Edit: Tested on Chromium for the heck of it; broken as well.

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  • i_en

    I am on Windows 10, and am using the downloaded desktop client!

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  • Alice

    Thanks; I used a more generic title.

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  • Ryan
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    Also on the Windows 10 Desktop client, same issue.

    Update: It seems the binding works if you don't have focus in the chat prompt.  So if you click on a different part of the client and then use the binding, it functions (though it then puts the focus in the chat prompt, so you can't easily go more than once).

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  • Alice

    I can confirm the “works if focus elsewhere” part on my side as well – good catch.

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  • sasha / asp

    Toggling between DMs and servers with Ctrl+Alt+RightArrow is broken in the same way (Windows 10 Desktop). Really annoying, since that's one of the shortcuts I use most often.

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  • i_en
    • Edited

    If that's the case, the issue might be that the Left/Right Arrow keys are not working/not detected for shortcuts while focused on the text box. All other shortcuts seem to be working fine, just not the ones involving LeftArrow/RightArrow.

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  • Alice

    ℹ️ Looks better for me now. Version:

    203239 (8685a47)
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