How Do I get Back Out of Screen

A lot of the < to go back to previous screens simply refuse to work - still.

My way out is to Power Off, wait, Power On, and if I have the same frustrating screen then I Power Off, pull battery, wait, set battery back in (keep back off for duration - in case), and try again. If they don’t already have one, but CTRL - Alt - Del would be handy.

FYI - It doesn’t matter - I have tried gentle tap, harder taps, space between taps, what ever - short of using feathers or hammer to fix this.

~s
and I replace the back.. for it’s safety and my privacy - of course :sweat_smile:

I’m not sure what screens you’re talking about, as I don’t remember seeing this, but doesn’t swiping up from the bottom work?

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It’s random screens - sometimes the < works, sometimes not right away, other times not at all.
I never thought of using Up to go Back. I’ll try that next time I see it.

Thanks
~s

I’ve noticed some apps, when they pop up a small dialog box for selecting this or that, the dialog doesn’t have a “back” button. So for those you have to minimize (by swiping up), then swipe away the popup to get back to the app’s main view.

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I’ve noticed recently (Crimson?) a behavior where the popup is hidden by the main window, and you have to swipe up to select the popup. Reviewing what software center has upgraded shows this.

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Yes, and thanks for the help. It doesn’t sit well when viewing a image and want to go back or forward and the < or > don’t show up at all, or intermittent, or back out of a tree.

I don’t think it counts as a solution but it’s the long way around what don’t work.

Ta,
~s