Return to top

[TracyIsland]

I have the Back to Top plugin enabled for my devsite on 4.7.  The up symbol appears on both the desktop and the mobile display.  It is such a convenience to move up quickly.  I find when I look at the Invision Community site on my mobile, specifically Matt's reply to Invision Community 5: Editor Permissions and Custom Embeds, that I had to flick and flick and flick to reach the top of the site and refer to another notification.  

My suggestion: implement a return to top or back to top as a default feature for the platform, especially since 'plugins' are going away for v5. 

[Jim M]

21 minutes ago, TracyIsland said:

especially since 'plugins' are going away for v5. 

This is not true. Plugins how they exist today will be going away but something like this will be certainly possible still by a third party author.

Back to top also is better suited by the OS. No need to clunk up the UI. iOS and desktop have this built in. I’m unsure if Android offers this but you only have so much space on mobile, I’m against clutter and accidental clicks that change the view. 

[Andy C]

On iOS all you need to do is press at the top of the screen, quick and easy 👍

[TracyIsland]

Is this Android shaming? Just for the record, not everyone at Invision Community has an Apple phone.  🤫 I know of at least one staff member who has an Android phone.

[TDBF]

2 hours ago, Jim M said:

This is not true. Plugins how they exist today will be going away but something like this will be certainly possible still by a third party author.

[Charles]

Plugins in v5 work different than v4 but you can still do things 🙂 

[Gary]

5 hours ago, TracyIsland said:

Is this Android shaming?

There are tons of Android owners on Reddit wishing they had this same functionality of the iPhone.

There are also some workarounds; Gestures and try using another browser (like Safari) that shows a visible up button when scrolling. It's 2024 and Android still hasn't got a solution for this problem? 😉

[Day_]

On 8/12/2024 at 7:27 PM, TracyIsland said:

 I know of at least one staff member who has an Android phone.

Name and shame them! They must be outted! 😆

[Esther E.]

5 hours ago, Day_ said:

Name and shame them! They must be outted! 😆

Android owner and proud of it. No shame here.

[Randy Calvert]

2 hours ago, Esther E. said:

Android owner and proud of it. No shame here.

[Matt]

Various ways to do it, this is possibly the easiest. You could even add custom CSS to float it and pin it to the bottom of the page.