# Browser jumping back up within a thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [August 3, 2022, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-jumping-back-up-within-a-thread/969021 "2022-08-03T13:26:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Retzbu\_Tox](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/retzbu_tox/32/11829_2.png) [@Retzbu\_Tox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Retzbu_Tox)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-jumping-back-up-within-a-thread/969021/1 "2022-08-03T13:26:52Z")
During the last few weeks, I’ve had problems with my browser (Chrome running in Windows 10) suddenly jumping upward within threads so that I am now looking at a post 20 or 40 places above the post I was trying to read. I will aggravatedly scroll back down to where I was in the thread and start reading again. If it keeps doing this, I get so annoyed I exit the Dope and do something else. Is anyone else noting this behavior? Would anyone have a suggestion why this is occurring or if there is anything I could do to prevent it? ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-jumping-back-up-within-a-thread/969021/2 "2022-08-03T15:07:02Z")
Moving this thread to “site feedback”, since it’s about the software, not about rules or moderation. Also, i suggest you browse other threads in this category, as i think this question has come up before. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-jumping-back-up-within-a-thread/969021/3 "2022-08-03T15:15:33Z")
it happens to me but forward when reading news threads because the news pages are an endless scroll now like discourse is …i think its a chrome thing … ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-jumping-back-up-within-a-thread/969021/4 "2022-08-03T15:17:41Z")
No, it happens to me, too. I’m a Firefox user. I’ve noted in other threads that it appears to be related to the scrolling avatars. When these were eliminated for a few days last month, scrolling was as smooth as it could be. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-jumping-back-up-within-a-thread/969021/5 "2022-08-03T15:23:49Z")
Happened to me a few minutes ago. Wish I had paid attention to post numbers – not only did it jump back a number of posts, but when I clicked on “Back” on the scroll bar it took me forward to well past the last post I’d actually read. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-jumping-back-up-within-a-thread/969021/6 "2022-08-03T21:17:32Z")
> [@Retzbu\_Tox](#): > > Is anyone else noting this behavior? Would anyone have a suggestion why this is occurring or if there is anything I could do to prevent it? Yes (Safari on a Mac). Not often enough to be a problem, but once in a while. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-jumping-back-up-within-a-thread/969021/7 "2022-08-03T22:35:22Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > related to the scrolling avatars. What are “scrolling avatars”? ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-jumping-back-up-within-a-thread/969021/8 "2022-08-03T22:42:04Z")
When I’m scrolling through a lengthy post, the poster’s avatar follows along on the left, adjacent to the poster’s writings. I guess the purpose is so I don’t have to scroll back up to the top of the post to remember who made the post. I can just look at the avatar, which has thoughtfully followed along down the left side of the post as I read. It would be a nice feature if it didn’t seem related to the jumping thread problem. Worse, when I add Staff Color to a post as a moderator, the whole column of the thread jumps to the left – _except_ the scrolling avatar, which then scrolls down _through_ the text. It’s super annoying. I use Vincent theme with Win 10 and Firefox. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-jumping-back-up-within-a-thread/969021/9 "2022-08-03T22:43:54Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > I use Vincent theme with Win 10 and Firefox. I think Vincent is the only theme with the staff color bug. I thought that it was being fixed months ago, but I guess not. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-jumping-back-up-within-a-thread/969021/10 "2022-08-03T22:46:00Z")
My understanding – and I may be wrong – is that Vincent is no longer a supported theme, so if they didn’t fix this for just Vincent, I would understand that and will live with it. But the jumping text issue is across many themes and browsers. I hope they fix that. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeysBrother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@MonkeysBrother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeysBrother)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-jumping-back-up-within-a-thread/969021/11 "2022-08-03T22:47:43Z")
Me, too. Safari 15.5 on a Mac. Happens fairly frequently. Mildly annoying. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-jumping-back-up-within-a-thread/969021/12 "2022-08-03T22:57:37Z")
> [@MonkeysBrother](#): > > Me, too. Safari 15.5 on a Mac. Happens fairly frequently. Same here. Though I’d characterize it as a bit more than “mildly” annoying as it can be quite disruptive. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-jumping-back-up-within-a-thread/969021/13 "2022-08-03T23:09:42Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > When I’m scrolling through a lengthy post, the poster’s avatar follows along on the left, adjacent to the poster’s writings. I have never seen that behavior. I use an Android phone, an old Mac laptop, and both Windows 10 and 11, and i use chrome, safari, and edge. I don’t use the Vincent theme, though. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-jumping-back-up-within-a-thread/969021/14 "2022-08-03T23:10:13Z")
Isn’t this issue the exact same as the other one in the most recent Site Feedback thread? > [@Sudden unwanted upward scrolling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-unwanted-upward-scrolling/968779): > > I’ve observed this annoying quirk both on Firefox on a desktop computer, and in Safari on an iPad. In longer threads (yesterday it happened in a mere 31 post thread though) I’ll be scrolling down the thread skimming / browsing it, when suddenly, for seemingly no good reason, it suddenly, quickly scrolls many posts upward. Anybody else notice this? Is is something I’m maybe inadvertently triggering-- a feature, not a bug? ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-jumping-back-up-within-a-thread/969021/15 "2022-08-03T23:11:17Z")
I believe it is. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-jumping-back-up-within-a-thread/969021/16 "2022-08-04T02:27:52Z")
If anybody’s interested, we can create our own themes. > **[Theme Creator](https://discourse.theme-creator.io/)** > > Demonstration sandbox for Discourse I believe that having Ruby installed on your machine is required. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-jumping-back-up-within-a-thread/969021/17 "2022-08-04T02:40:42Z")
Yeah, I’ve never been all that interested in playing around with themes. I can’t even remember the name of the theme I’m using - it was recommended early on in the migration process so I followed the instructions to select it, and I’ve never given it any further thought. Of course, if I was told that I could make the browser-jumping problem disappear by selecting a different theme, I’d reacquaint myself with the necessary steps just long enough to take care of it. ETA: I think the theme I’m using is called something like “Sam’s Classic.” But I wouldn’t bet money on it. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-jumping-back-up-within-a-thread/969021/18 "2022-08-04T02:45:15Z")
I just looked. I’m using “The Straight Dope Light”. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2022, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-jumping-back-up-within-a-thread/969021/19 "2022-08-05T02:42:21Z")
Me too today, using the Silk browser (Amazon tablet) ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-jumping-back-up-within-a-thread/969021/20 "2022-08-06T18:54:56Z")
I’m using ‘Straight Dope Dark’. A few minutes ago I was catching up on the XKCD, and had gotten as far as post 887 when it suddenly jumped back to post 860 – and then when I clicked on ‘Back’ to go back to 887 it jumped all the way to post 1011. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-jumping-back-up-within-a-thread/969021.md?page=2)