# Link to first unread post?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-to-first-unread-post/106476
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [January 14, 2019, 8:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-to-first-unread-post/106476 "2019-01-14T08:43:12Z")
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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 6, 2021, 1:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-to-first-unread-post/106476/8 "2021-10-06T01:51:38Z")

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> [@AstonJ](#):
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> If it hasn’t been added this would be a really nice feature to have

Nope, not added yet.

I too would love a “go to first unread” keyboard shortcut. It is a nice power user feature that allows you to regain control if you are dumped into a topic you have already started tracking far into the topic.

Concrete example:

- I start tracking: [Events Plugin 📅](https://meta.discourse.org/t/events-plugin/69776)
- I read up to post 100
- I click a link somewhere by mistake to [Events Plugin 📅 - #428 by oca](https://meta.discourse.org/t/events-plugin/69776/428)
- I missed 100-428 now and have no easy way to get back to 100

[Ability to jump to first unread post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-jump-to-first-unread-post-in-topic-navigator-progress-bar/21441) has not progressed over the years, same goes for: [Remembered Topic location should be "First Unread" post instead of "Last Read" post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remembered-topic-location-should-be-first-unread-post-instead-of-last-read-post/21440)

I think as it stands today, @codinghorror is happy to add a keyboard shortcut here for first unread. But we have not gotten to it yet, nor scheduled it.

I guess it is such an edge case to have these giant topics like @Wingtip tends to have AND have someone actively lobby for it.

The other problem with this power-user feature is that it is very hard to explain per: [Will disable\_jump\_reply make a return? - #10 by codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/t/will-disable-jump-reply-make-a-return/116558/10)

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