# The read post position changed in topic?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-read-post-position-changed-in-topic/241978
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [October 15, 2022, 2:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-read-post-position-changed-in-topic/241978 "2022-10-15T14:17:39Z")
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### Author: ![cvx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cvx/32/152146_2.png) [@cvx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cvx)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2022, 11:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-read-post-position-changed-in-topic/241978/13 "2022-10-26T11:45:05Z")

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> [@Don](#):
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> I noticed when I go to a topic where I earlier read a few post than it will not continue from that post where I stoped reading.
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> Now it seems to the read position is the onscreen last post instead of the onscreen first post.
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> Demo: On the video I scroll to the 14th post and go back to topic list. Than I open it again and it goes to the 18th post instead of 15th.

I believe that’s how it’s supposed to work? Clicking on a topic in a list takes you to the first unread post\*, not your previous position. You can go back to the spot you left using browser’s back/forward navigation.

(\* – there are settings, that slightly change that - i.e. `navigate_to_first_post_after_read` category setting that, if enabled, navigates you to the first post if you don’t have any unread posts left in a topic)

> [@Don](#):
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> Yeah something changed because it should also scroll to the last seen line.

Yup, scroll to the “last visit” marker is a bit buggy. It won’t work if there are any small-posts (like “X months later”) or deleted posts right after it. I’m working on a fix.

> [@Don](#):
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> I noticed also sometimes when I click a notification on menu than it jumps a few posts above than where the notification links.

This is bug is tracked in [Discourse jumps back 20 posts in post history when navigating to new topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-jumps-back-20-posts-in-post-history-when-navigating-to-new-topic/242739).

It might have been fixed in [FIX: Correctly reset `controllerReady` prop by cvx · Pull Request #18727 · discourse/discourse · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/18727)

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