Mouse back/forward buttons do not work in Safari?

[waziazi]

How come the back/forward buttons don't work in safari but works fine in chrome/firefox. I can't find any configuration options in safari to enable that.

 

[bogdanw]

Close Safari and try from Terminal:

defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitPreferences.backspaceKeyNavigationEnabled 1

discussed here https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...-in-safari-12-and-above.2175062/post-32386740

You might have to give Full Disk Access to Terminal for the command to work.

 

[arinamichel911]

How come the back/forward buttons don't work in safari but works fine in chrome/firefox. I can't find any configuration options in safari to enable that.

Which version of Safari and macOS are you using? This might help narrow down the problem