# How to get to last post **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [October 11, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-last-post/922743 "2020-10-11T20:42:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-last-post/922743/1 "2020-10-11T20:42:39Z")
How , besides endless scrolling) do we just jump to the last post? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2020, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-last-post/922743/2 "2020-10-11T20:43:49Z")
Use your “End” key. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2020, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-last-post/922743/3 "2020-10-11T20:45:02Z")
Mac Keyboards dont have one. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-last-post/922743/4 "2020-10-11T20:47:35Z")
> **[Two Mac keyboard shortcuts for missing Home and End keys](https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/two-mac-keyboard-shortcuts-for-missing-home-and-end-keys/)** > > Your Mac keyboard may lack Home and End keys, but you can jump to the beginning and end of documents, pages and apps with one of two keyboard shortcuts. **1. Fn + left and right arrow keys** Press the Function key and the right arrow key to jump to the end of a page, and Function and left arrow to jump to the top of a page. This keyboard shortcut works on most non-editable and some editable pages. It works, for example, with the new Photos app and iTunes, along with Chrome, Firefox and Safari. It also works when editing a document in LibreOffice but not when you are editing a page in Google Drive. **2. Command + up and down arrow keys** Press the Command key and the down arrow key to jump to the end of a page, and Command and up arrow to jump to the top of a page. This keyboard shortcut works with Chrome, Firefox and Safari. It also works when editing a page in LibreOffice and Google Drive, but it does not work with Photos or iTunes. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2020, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-last-post/922743/5 "2020-10-11T20:49:29Z")
thanks. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2020, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-last-post/922743/6 "2020-10-11T20:49:32Z")
How have you been getting to the end of other websites with long scrolls? Like newspapers? Is this the first time it’s come up? ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2020, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-last-post/922743/7 "2020-10-11T21:23:08Z")
When I see a list of threads – either through ‘latest’ or ‘unread’ or ‘new,’ I get to the last one by clicking the number in the far right hand column – the one that indicates how long ago the last post to the thread was made. 'Zat work for others ? ETA: if I’m already **in** the thread, … If it tells me that I’m on post 7 of 132 (ie, 7/132), I can either append a “/132” to the end of the URL, or … if it already displays a post number … I change that post number _to_ 132. 'Zat make sense ? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-last-post/922743/8 "2020-10-11T21:30:21Z")
It seems like OP is referring to a thread that he’s already in, hence the endless scrolling. Clicking on a thread in a list of threads will already take you to the furthest point you were in that thread. > [@DavidNRockies](#): > > If it tells me that I’m on post 7 of 132 (ie, 7/132), I can either append a “/132” to the end of the URL, or … if it already displays a post number … I change that post number _to_ 132. A single key combination is faster. Btw, if you type a question mark in a thread or a list (not in a reply), it pulls up a list of keyboard shortcuts. I haven’t used any of them because I never remember they’re there. Also, they don’t seem to do what I expect they’re going to do. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2020, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-last-post/922743/9 "2020-10-11T22:59:30Z")
I just use the in-thread slider and you can get to the end of any thread in a fraction of a second. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2020, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-last-post/922743/10 "2020-10-11T23:06:28Z")
Well, I’ll be damned … Thanks ! ---
**Author:** ![MHaye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@MHaye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MHaye)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-last-post/922743/11 "2020-10-12T12:08:58Z")
An alternative if you’re in-thread. Press the hash (#) key. A dialog box comes up asking you to enter either a post numner of (toal) posts, or a date. Enter the last post number. Click OK. You will be delivered to the last post. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-last-post/922743/12 "2020-10-12T16:42:29Z")
At the bottom of the slider bar, there’ll be (or at least there is on my screen) a time given for the last post. Click on that time. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-last-post/922743/13 "2020-10-12T21:24:40Z")
The OP of a thread always has a “last reply” icon along the bottom. Click on that. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-last-post/922743/14 "2020-10-12T21:43:33Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > At the bottom of the slider bar, there’ll be (or at least there is on my screen) a time given for the last post. > > Click on that time. All the other answers are noises that distract you from this, the real answer. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-last-post/922743/15 "2020-10-12T21:49:01Z")
Actually, I’ve been fascinated to see how many different answers there are to this; some of which I hadn’t previously discovered. (Will probably just keep clicking on the time at the bottom of the slider, though; that’s simplest on my screen. But I don’t know what it looks like on a phone.) ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-last-post/922743/16 "2020-10-12T21:50:01Z")
> [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#): > > All the other answers are noises that distract you from this, the real answer. How is that better or faster than hitting the End key (or Cmd-Down arrow on a Mac)? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-last-post/922743/17 "2020-10-12T21:51:40Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > But I don’t know what it looks like on a phone. AFAICT, the slider is the only shortcut option on a phone. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-last-post/922743/18 "2020-10-12T21:51:43Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > How is that better or faster than hitting the End key (or Cmd-Down arrow on a Mac)? That’s the other real answer! ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-last-post/922743/19 "2020-10-12T21:53:51Z")
The “Last Reply” icon in the OP is available on my iPhone. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-last-post/922743/20 "2020-10-12T21:58:06Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > The “Last Reply” icon in the OP is available on my iPhone That only works if you happen to be in the OP. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-last-post/922743.md?page=2)