Standard Browser Keyboard Shortcuts for Steam Browser Windows

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Cerpatee Protection Agency 28 Jun @ 1:59pm

By Steam Browser windows I mean the new window that appears when you right click a link in the main Steam client and select "Open in new tab...". This new window has a window title of "Steam - Browser" instead of just "Steam".

There are a bunch of keyboard shortcuts that are standard across browsers (at least across both Chrome and Firefox) that are not supported on Steam Browser windows--and it would be nice if they were.

Some examples:

Ctrl+W - close tab
Ctrl+Tab - switch to next tab
Ctrl+Shift+Tab - switch to previous tab
Ctrl+Shift+T - reopen last closed tab

I have some of these mapped to buttons on my mouse, but they just don't work in Steam.

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nullable 28 Jun @ 3:04pm

Steam's browser is chromium based. But it's not intended to be equal or equivalent to Chrome/Firefox.

Nothing wrong with asking about shortcuts or anything. But in the same token whenever some feature is omitted compared to chrome/firefox that might require some managed expectations.

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Cerpatee Protection Agency 28 Jun @ 3:32pm

Yeah, I'm familiar with chrome/chromium as the base of many desktop apps these days. Though I'm a little surprised Internet says it's a custom framework and not an Electron app.

So I get that there's no reason I should expect normal web browser behavior necessarily. But the keyboard shortcuts above (with maybe the exception of restoring the last tab) sound pretty basic to implement--to me, anyway.

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