Return to category shortcut

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In a Support category discussion titled “Return to category shortcut,” Darin_Simmons initially asked whether there’s a keyboard shortcut in Discourse to return directly to the category a topic belongs to — not to “new,” “unread,” or the full category list — especially for users focused on one specific category. He noted that while browser back works, he was seeking an in-Discourse solution. In his follow-up post 2, he realized the answer was right there: the “back” shortcut (u) does exactly what he needed — returning the user to the previous location, including the category view. pfaffman replied with a lighthearted “Happens to me all the time” and moved the thread to the Support category, crediting Darin for the helpful insight. The exchange highlights a useful but often overlooked keyboard shortcut and the value of community collaboration in uncovering it.

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I’m probably oblivious though seeing as how I used the search and the “Your topic is similar to…” does not produce anything like I’m asking:

Is there a keyboard shortcut to return to the category that the post is from?

For example, an employee or user is only concerned with all the items in category X and none of the stuff in all the other categories. How would they click to return to that category and not new (g, n) or unread (g,u) or the list of all categories (g,c)? I get that there is a back button within the browser but I’m asking about withing Discourse.

As a moderator, I never really thought about it because I (g,n, j,j,j,j,j,j,j…) but one of my user asked it and realized I have no idea.

Love me some Discourse. :heart:

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LOL, apparently, back (u) is a button on the keyboard shortcuts that I have never used. FULL SPEED AHEAD. And yes it puts you right back in the location so.. that happened.

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Happens to me all the time. :slight_smile:

I moved this to support and gave you credit for your insightful reply!