"Back" keyboard shortcut not working from "New tab"

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Description of the issue:
“Back” keyboard shortcut not working from “New tab” page.

Steps to Reproduce (add as many as necessary): 1. 2. 3.
Here is what I did.

  1. Opened a new tab.
  2. Typed the https://www.lemonde.fr url in the address bar.
  3. Hit Enter.
  4. Went back to the New tab page using the keyboard shortcut Cmd+Left Arrow.
  5. Hit the “Back” keyboard shortcut Cmd+Right Arrow to go back to the previous page.

Actual Result (gifs and screenshots are welcome!):
I didn’t go back to the previous page.

Expected result:
Going back to the previous page.

Reproduces how often:
Every time I tried.

Operating System and Brave Version(See the About Brave page in the main menu):
Mac OS X 10.12.6
Brave Browser v75.0.66.101 (66.101)

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@politicus,
This is actually the intended behavior. There are extensions you can get to do this for you if you’d like, however, you can also just use cmd + left/right arrow to navigate back and fourth from the keyboard. I think that we’ve actually previously labled this particular request as a “wontfix” on our Github:

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