After reading an unread topic return to "Unread" list?

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Hi there, one of my users reported a change in the navigation behavior after the upgrade to Discourse 3.5.0 (stable branch). They mention that they always used to read a topic in /unread and then click the Topics button in the sidebar, and it would take them back to “Unread”. Now after the upgrade it takes them back to /latest. I honestly never noticed that “sticky” behavior one way or another. Can anybody confirm if this behavior has been changed and/or if there is any way to get it back? Thanks a lot.

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@member-xp-triage I have a feeling this is not an intentional change? I can’t be fully sure the behaviour worked as described before, but it would make sense to me that ti does.

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Huh, I honestly don’t know. I don’t remember it working as described in the OP, but it does seem like something that we might have done.

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Yep, I also can’t personally confirm or deny if it worked that way before, but the user that reported it is very active on the forum, so he clearly remembers how it used to work.

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Welcome to Meta :waving_hand:

I think the behavior of being taken to unread topics or latest by using the sidebar can be configured with the Link to the filtered list option in the navigation menu user preference (https://meta.discourse.org/my/preferences/navigation-menu) and that still seems to work for me.
It may help if the user checks their preferences.

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Funny enough, it does not work for me! It was the first thing I checked too.

It applies when clicking on the logo, but not when clicking on the sidebar topics link.

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I wonder why it works for me :thinking:

I thought maybe it’s because of @new-new-testers but it also worked when I joined the group.

Even more interesting: When I change the navigation menu preference, it doesn’t change what happens when I click the logo. That only changes when I use the “default home page” in the interface preferences.

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Thanks for this suggestion! Unfortunately it doesn’t seem to change anything for me. I also attempted enabling an admin setting Default sidebar link to filtered list described as “Make navigation menu links link to filtered list by default” but it doesn’t seem to make any difference.