# Disable scroll to last read post

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-scroll-to-last-read-post/149335
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 26, 2020, 10:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-scroll-to-last-read-post/149335 "2020-04-26T10:39:50Z")
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### Author: ![We\_Prepare](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/we_prepare/32/178305_2.png) [@We\_Prepare](https://meta.discourse.org/u/We_Prepare)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2020, 10:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-scroll-to-last-read-post/149335/1 "2020-04-26T10:39:50Z")

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I run an education course community using discourse. Every time a student opens up a topic, it scrolls and takes her to the oldest unread post. I want to take him to the top of the topic not at the scrolled position.  
Is there any way I can take them to the top of the post instead of the scrolled one?

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### Author: ![ondrej](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ondrej/32/198804_2.png) [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2020, 10:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-scroll-to-last-read-post/149335/2 "2020-04-26T10:42:22Z")

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Welcome to Meta Discourse! 😊  
They can press the topic title in the header. That brings you to the top of the topic or they can use the scroll bar. I cannot personally imagine going from the top to the bottom each time. It is designed purposely like that to save a user time…

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### Author: ![We\_Prepare](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/we_prepare/32/178305_2.png) [@We\_Prepare](https://meta.discourse.org/u/We_Prepare)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2020, 10:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-scroll-to-last-read-post/149335/3 "2020-04-26T10:45:35Z")

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Completely agree Ondrejj. The functionality is Gold. The only crazy situation is when there’s a topic with no replies. In that case, it takes to the bottom which doesn’t have any information.

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2020, 2:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-scroll-to-last-read-post/149335/4 "2020-04-27T02:43:54Z")

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That is not the case… unless you mean re-entering the topic.

You can enable forced entry at first post in your category settings. It’s intended for wiki type topics.

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2024, 5:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-scroll-to-last-read-post/149335/5 "2024-06-14T05:23:14Z")

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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2024, 8:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-scroll-to-last-read-post/149335/6 "2024-06-14T08:06:29Z")

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