Return to Top

[Sam]

Any chance of this making a reappearance in V5?

Thanks,
Sam

[moonbeam]

All you have to do is press Alt+d or the home key on your keyboard.

[Ryan Roos]

There have been numerous discussions about this topic. You can easily add this to your forum yourself or use the shortcuts described. It won't be added as a feature, sorry.

[Sam]

Thanks for that info Ryan and have done. Quite easily done actually.

Thanks,
Sam

[M³]

I tried adding this to my GF's ... but to no avail. Would this be a template mod or a plug-in request? Either way, I'd like to get the 'Back to Top' put in the section where the arrow is -- above, the select a post.




The reason I think a 'Back to Top' is useful is some of the threads can be quite long ... I use this feature tons of times a day.

[moonbeam]

But why do you need a link when all you have to do is press the Home button? Or Alt+D?

Plus, not only does Alt+D take you to the top, it should drop down a menu like this, making it really easy to navigate elsewhere.

[Shrike]

Nov 17, 2012 7:42:38 GMT -8 moonbeam said:

But why do you need a link when all you have to do is press the Home button? Or Alt+D?

Because people might not always be using a keyboard?

[moonbeam]

Hmmm. Good point, Shrike. Obviously, I didn't think of that.

[M³]

Nov 17, 2012 7:42:38 GMT -8 moonbeam said:

But why do you need a link when all you have to do is press the Home button? Or Alt+D?

Plus, not only does Alt+D take you to the top, it should drop down a menu like this, making it really easy to navigate elsewhere.

Simple, because the group of guys that are in my community lack in the savvy department -- to say the least. 'Back to Top' has been a staple within the PBs community for quite some time. v5 is going to be a massive change to the novice -- I think we tend to forget this at times. I must say, while I'm excited and open to change within v5, there are a few things I'm looking to keep simplistic for those that appreciate things the way they are in v4.5. That's all really.

[moonbeam]

M³, I have many members that are not really computer literate either. I plan to have tutorials with screenshots for all the stuff that's changing. A "Where you used to do abc, you now do xyz instead". In time, they will get it, I hope.

[M³]

Let us pray, lol.

[Former Member]

I'd like to have a 'back to the top' button again please.

[Patrick [ASE]]

A simple way to add a back to top, add this to global header <a name="top"></a>

and add this to global footer <a href="#top">Back to top!</a> 

If you want an image (button) <a href="#top"><img src="URL OF IMAGE" /></a> 

You can add <center> tags etc to align it where you want, i just did the basic which is left aligned here as a demo

Maybe someone can do  plugin or template mod to place that where you want it if you don't like it at the bottom

[Former Member]

Can center tags go anywhere in that bit of script Patrick?

[Peter]

Nov 17, 2012 7:06:41 GMT -8 M³ said:

I tried adding this to my GF's ... but to no avail. Would this be a template mod or a plug-in request? Either way, I'd like to get the 'Back to Top' put in the section where the arrow is -- above, the select a post.




The reason I think a 'Back to Top' is useful is some of the threads can be quite long ... I use this feature tons of times a day.

If you really want that, try this in your global header.

<script>

$(function(){
    $("div.controls ul.options_menu").each(function(){
        var clone = $(this).find("li:first").clone();
        
        clone.find("a").click(function(){
            $.scrollTo(0);
        }).html("Back To Top");
        
        clone.find("span").remove();
        
        $(this).append(clone);
    }
});

</script>