# Improving our "lowest read position" Back button / indicator

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-our-lowest-read-position-back-button-indicator/54324>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [12월 16, 2016, 1:28오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-our-lowest-read-position-back-button-indicator/54324 "2016-12-16T01:28:23Z")\
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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:** [12월 16, 2016, 1:28오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improving-our-lowest-read-position-back-button-indicator/54324/1 "2016-12-16T01:28:23Z")

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Here’s me with a last read position of post ~ 102, on a 440 reply topic.

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/c/a/caf15b5a9422cb567b4abcfed9e4943ac5571154.png)

See how I have to **scroll all the way up to read position ~36 to get the back button to appear?** And once I click it, I jump back to post 102! That’s.. bad. The back indicator and button should appear within ~3 posts of scrolling up, not ~66.

I believe

- we should almost always show your back position (unless you are within ~3 posts of your lowest read position), as a dark blue horizontal line superimposed over the timeline.
- The back button should “dock” on the bottom of the date if it can’t fit normally.

Mockup:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/9/b/9be45a48cfd597d99e999a8658d3b50579a341e8.png)

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