# Ability to jump to first unread post

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-jump-to-first-unread-post/21441>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [October 23, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-jump-to-first-unread-post/21441 "2014-10-23T00:56:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 9:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-jump-to-first-unread-post/21441/3 "2014-10-23T21:49:17Z")

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I personally think this work should be on hold till we implement a custom scrollbar.

A custom scroll bar has a ton of other advantages, it can use colors to denote areas that are unread, it can display month name or year to the left of the scrollbar as you scroll around. It can be virtual so it can encompass the full topic. It allows us to control scroll position without complex browser hacks.

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