Use Backspace to go up a level in Files panel

[Alexander Bethke]

I always found the Files panel keyboard navigation a bit cumbersome, as I always thought the only way to go up a level is to click the go-up-icon. Now when I actually checked the code to add my beloved Backspace-binding I realised that there was a key binding for that all along: Alt+UP. (This actually only made me realize that this Alt+Arrow thing actually also works in Nautilus, amazing.)

Anyway, I think even though there is a key binding for that, it still is a good idea to additionally bind Backspace to going up a level, as this is a default behaviour in Nautilus as well - and hence imho user-expected behaviour.

[Johannes Sasongko (sjohannes)]

Does Backspace in Nautilus go up or go back? In Thunar it's go back, but in the GTK+ file dialog it's go up.

[reacocard (reacocard)]

> Does Backspace in Nautilus go up or go back?
It goes up.

[Alexander Bethke (oolongbrothers)]

Hi again, just checking what's up with this one?
I guess there's nothing wrong with the "patch". Are you hesitating to make the decision about adding backspace?

Imho backspace is the most common command to go up a hierarchical level across platforms.
Here some more examples to make your decision easier:
 * Moovida Media Center
 * Total Commander (Windows)

Go-go, backspace-a-go! I'm grounding for you.

Regards, Alex

[Johannes Sasongko (sjohannes)]

Committed, thanks.

[Alexander Bethke (oolongbrothers)]

Groovy!
Thanks for the effort.

-Alex