# Shift + U

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/shift-u/343984>\
**Category:** UX\
**Tags:** keyboard-shortcuts\
**Created:** [December 23, 2024, 5:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shift-u/343984 "2024-12-23T05:38:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 23, 2024, 5:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shift-u/343984/1 "2024-12-23T05:38:32Z")

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The Shift + U key is advertised on the Keyboard Shortcuts pop-up to “mark topic as unread”, but how is it supposed to work? I tried it in three situations:

- while actually reading a topic
- on the home screen (“New” for me) while scrolling up / down with j / k
- on the home screen in selection mode (after hitting Shift + B and making selections with x)

it doesn’t do what it says in any of these. It seems to do _something_ in the first case but that looks more like a bug.

My questions:

- what is the correct way to use this key
- maybe I can achieve my goal in a different way? my goal is to pick a few topics from either New or Latest to read in a later session, without having to go through the whole list again
- is there a more detailed doc for the shortcuts? in particular, explaining the _context_ in which each shortcut is to be used?

Btw, same behavior on Meta and 2 other sites, so I don’t think it’s an upgrade issue.

Thanx,

–  
Ian

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