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On iOS, tap the top of the screen to automatically scroll to the top.
by electroly 5y ago
On iOS, tap the top of the screen to automatically scroll to the top.
- mwexler 5y agoAnd is frustratingly, conspicuously missing in Android. Every time I switch to my Android tablet, it's becomes a hugely missing piece for any content consumption app that scrolls.
- Xenoamorphous 5y agoI think I read here on HN that Apple holds a patent for that functionality.
- ComputerGuru 5y agoExcept on AMP pages or on weird custom front ends. Long love plain html and css. Please don’t override the platform default scroll acceleration either!
- eyelidlessness 5y agoThis also works in most apps, unless they’re using some weird nonstandard UI (which is, perhaps surprisingly, less common on iOS than on macOS). And it works with Reachability. Neither of which are especially discoverable, but super handy if you know about them.
- frankfrankfrank 5y agoYeah, I wish there were a way to scroll to the bottom too, i.e., double-tap the top of the screen/bar. It would come in handy quite frequently for me.
- majewsky 5y agoOh THAT'S what that's supposed to be. I was always wondering why my viewport jumps all over the place unprompted.
- hinkley 5y agoThere's usually some combination of the Home key that does the same on most desktop browsers, but the control key varies by OS and sometimes browser. What there isn't on iOS as far as I'm aware is a way to scroll to the bottom. On infinite scroll pages accidentally navigating away as one can easily do with touch screen results in a lot of frustration.