A Safari feature I stumbled on...

[BotchQue]

Maybe everyone else knows about this, I just stumbled onto it by accident.
In Safari I usually open a link using "CMD-click" to open the page in a new tab, then I close that tab to return one level higher. Sometimes I forget the CMD and the page refreshes; no big issue there, just hit the Back arrow and you've returned.
However, did you know if you click on the Back arrow and hold it down, it lists the last ten or so pages you've been to, in order, so you don't have to go to the History dropdown. Neat, and I hope I remember this when I want to go back a few pages, instead of clicking the Back arrow repeatedly. FWIW.

 

[russell_314]

I just checked, and it also works with Firefox on the Mac. I learned something new today!

 

[bogdanw]

It's been there forever, at least since High Sierra, according to Apple

"You can also click and hold the Back button or Forward button to choose a specific page. If you have a trackpad or mouse that supports gestures, swipe left or right to move through your history one page at a time. "
https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/webpages-visited-safari-mac-ibrw1009/11.0/mac/10.13

By the way, it works the same on iOS too.

 

[arw]

Also works in Finder (and in Path Finder for those who use it).
And in Firefox on Windows.

 

[Nermal]

It's been there forever, at least since High Sierra

I think it's been there since Safari 1.0 (but I'm too lazy to power on my old G3 to check!)

 

[bogdanw]

I think it's been there since Safari 1.0 (but I'm too lazy to power on my old G3 to check!)

It might have been borrowed from Netscape

Here is a new feature in Safari 17: the Develop menu transformed into a settings pane – Feature Flags
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...os-ventura-and-monterey.2397658/post-32408794

 

[ThrowerGB]

Maybe everyone else knows about this, I just stumbled onto it by accident.
In Safari I usually open a link using "CMD-click" to open the page in a new tab, then I close that tab to return one level higher. Sometimes I forget the CMD and the page refreshes; no big issue there, just hit the Back arrow and you've returned.
However, did you know if you click on the Back arrow and hold it down, it lists the last ten or so pages you've been to, in order, so you don't have to go to the History dropdown. Neat, and I hope I remember this when I want to go back a few pages, instead of clicking the Back arrow repeatedly. FWIW.

Thanks for posting. I didn't know about it either.