We have a Discourse instance (forum.ohlasy.info) and a separate website (ohlasy.info) that displays a list of latest topics pulled from /latest.json. Users can click on the topic name to get to the discussion. The question is, where does the link lead to? I have tried /t/:id and /t/:id/latest. The first link always leads to the beginning of the topic, the second one leads to the last post. Is there an option to go to the first unread post for the current user (if logged in) and to the beginning of the topic otherwise?
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Sorry, I misunderstood the question! There is no single magic link that’ll take you to two different locations in the topic.
There is, however:
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a link that will take you to the
bottom of the topic consistently
https://meta.discourse.org/t/slug/106476/last -
a link that will take you to the
top of the topic consistently
https://meta.discourse.org/t/slug/106476/1
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Thank you! Neither of these options work well for us, though. Linking to the first post doesn’t make much sense for logged-in users who have probably read most of the topic already. And linking to the latest post doesn’t work well for… almost anybody. Those who have seen a part of the topic would lose track and those who didn’t would be thrown in the middle of a discussion, having to scroll to the top.
Would you consider adding / accepting a feature that would allow linking to the latest post read by the logged-in user or to the first post if the user is not logged in?
Or do you have other suggestions how to make this “latest posts on our discussion forum” website box work well?
I am open to adding an /unread postfix like we have for /last, feel free to send a PR
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Note, there is a subtle difference between these two:
- latest read post
- first unread post
See also:
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Did this ever get added Sam? Going to t/id/unread doesn’t work - but perhaps a different word is being used?
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 📆
- I read up to post 100
- I click a link somewhere by mistake to Events Plugin 📆 - #428 by oca
- I missed 100-428 now and have no easy way to get back to 100
Ability to Jump to First Unread post in Topic Navigator / Progress Bar has not progressed over the years, same goes for: Remembered Topic location should be "First Unread" post instead of "Last Read" post
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
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I’m glad you would like to see it too Sam and I hope we’ll see it soon 
Another place where I think it would be incredibly handy is when viewing a post via the flag system - it would be nice that it either ignores you own personal position, or, whenever you click through to a specific post for and Topic it asks you on leaving whether you would like to retain your original position, or set the most recent portion. If it tells you which post you had previously see (and maybe all you to jump to it) along with the post you later came in to (perhaps via review queue or post link) I think that would be super useful 
The flag system is definitely a problem for me atm, as I am avoiding carrying out those duties as I don’t want to lose my own position in those topics. Pretty sure others probably feel similarly?
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Je me demande juste si des progrès ont été réalisés depuis ?
J’envisage de migrer quelques forums supplémentaires vers Discourse (en conjonction avec notre système de page d’accueil personnalisé), mais l’une des plus grandes critiques que nous avons eues lors d’installations précédentes est que ces liens (sur notre page d’accueil et nos pages personnalisées) menaient toujours au premier message et les gens trouvaient frustrant de devoir faire défiler à nouveau le fil de discussion.
Je pense que ce qui est vrai aujourd’hui, c’est que le lien vers un fil de discussion mènera au dernier message lu s’il y en a de non lus, ou au début du fil de discussion s’il n’y en a pas - ou si le compte n’est pas connecté. (Merci de me corriger si je me trompe)
Si vous parlez des liens internes à Discourse, alors oui, mais nous faisons référence à des liens que nous pouvons utiliser en dehors de Discourse (comme sur une page d’accueil personnalisée ou un site parent).
Je pense que c’est désespérément nécessaire. Mais ce ne devrait pas être seulement un raccourci clavier car j’utilise beaucoup le site sur mon mobile. Un bouton à côté des numéros de page ?
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Avez-vous des expériences récentes qui vous font ressentir cela ? Il est toujours utile de recueillir ces anecdotes du monde réel.
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Just my own day-to-day experience.
I run a busy forum and I want to read everything but I don’t always get time.
Then when I get @ mentioned or replied in a post, I get a notification. I can’t click the notification because I know it will skip down far in the list and I’ll miss a lot of posts, it’s an absolute nightmare to try and scroll up and find where I last left off.
So my notifications area is never used, which means I miss notifications until days after, and sometimes they are important.
And if I see that I have an @ mention in a thread called “Example Thread”, and that thread isn’t easy to see in the list, I can’t even search for it because that will take me to the very top of the thread and I’ll have to scroll all the way down to find where I left off.
There is just no easy way to open the thread where I last left off if I have a notification in there.
It’s a really bad situation for me!
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Oui, c’est la chose qui me vient à l’esprit aussi – quelque chose comme le bouton “retour” que nous avons actuellement sur la chronologie qui apparaît si vous faites défiler dans l’autre sens, mais pour aller au début de votre premier message non lu à la place.
Je peux imaginer que ce soit une préférence utilisateur pour savoir s’il apparaît ou non.
J’ai voulu cela dans le passé, mais personnellement, je n’en ai pas ressenti le besoin récemment, donc les histoires aident à comprendre d’où vient la demande, merci.
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