# 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:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**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, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-last-post/922743/21 "2020-10-12T22:38:01Z")
> [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#): > > All the other answers are noises that distract you from this, the real answer. Except that, if you increase the magnification of the screen, the slider bar disappears. If I reset the screen to standard size to see the slider bar, the text is too small for me to read. ---
**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, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-last-post/922743/22 "2020-10-12T22:39:16Z")
Okay, okay. All the other answers are equally valid and possibly actually better than what I have previously claimed was the real answer. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-last-post/922743/23 "2020-10-12T23:02:16Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > > [@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 On my phone, there’s a little indicator of which post you’re on —15/989, say — and you can click on it, and clickety-clack to that last number. ---
**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, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-last-post/922743/24 "2020-10-12T23:06:03Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > On my phone, there’s a little indicator of which post you’re on —15/989, say — and you can click on it, and clickety-clack to that last number On mine, I click on the 15/989, the slider appears, and I slide it to the end. Is that what you mean by clickety-clack? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-last-post/922743/25 "2020-10-12T23:07:58Z")
I meant the “jump to” option. ---
**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, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-last-post/922743/26 "2020-10-12T23:09:54Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > I meant the “jump to” option Hmm…the “jump to” option on mine requires that I type in a number. There’s nothing to clickety-clack. What theme are you using? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-last-post/922743/27 "2020-10-12T23:14:02Z")
Sorry, by “clickety-clack” I meant typing in the number, as if, y’know, clicking and clacking three keys on a keyboard: it’s struck me as faster than scrolling, and therefore a shortcut — if not as fast as the separate slider. ---
**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, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-last-post/922743/28 "2020-10-12T23:19:03Z")
Oh, I see. Thx! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-last-post/922743/29 "2020-10-12T23:22:48Z")
Macs don’t have an END key? That’s news to me. I’m on a Mac, typing on a Mac keyboard, and it has that key (which works as described). ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-last-post/922743/30 "2020-10-12T23:26:12Z")
I have a apple wireless keyboard, sold with my Mac and nope. > **[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. _It’s a relatively small difference among the many contrasts between Macs and PCs, but two things Mac keyboards lack that have always been found on PC keyboards are Home and End keys. These two keys can be used to jump to the beginning or end of a page._ ---
**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, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-last-post/922743/31 "2020-10-12T23:30:37Z")
I’m on a Mac, and using a keyboard designed for a Mac, and I have home and end keys: but the keyboard, while it’s designed for a Mac, isn’t made by Apple, it’s made by Logitech. – whether I use the end key or click below the slider depends on whether I’ve got my hand on the mouse or the keyboard at the time. ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-last-post/922743/32 "2020-10-13T01:51:56Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > On mine, I click on the 15/989, the slider appears, and I slide it to the end. Is that what you mean by clickety-clack? On my phone, I can tap the #/posts thing that brings up the slider, at the bottom of the slider is the time of the last post. Tap the time. It’s two taps. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-last-post/922743/33 "2020-10-13T02:12:40Z")
On my iPad, I use a browser that has a visible scrollbar which is designed for jump: tap it somewhere and the thumb instantly jumps to there (moving the page there, without any animation). If you go into Settings, I think you can enable this behavior on a Mac – assuming you are ok with having the scrollbar always visible (my Mac is a G5, so I have almost no idea what macOS is like these days). ---
**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 13, 2020, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-last-post/922743/34 "2020-10-13T05:14:01Z")
> [@eschrodinger](#): > > On my phone, I can tap the #/posts thing that brings up the slider, at the bottom of the slider is the time of the last post. Tap the time. It’s two taps. It worked! Easier than sliding. ---
**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 13, 2020, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-last-post/922743/35 "2020-10-13T13:31:03Z")
Yes, which is why in both of my posts, I mentioned that it was in the OP. 😀 ---
**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 14, 2020, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-last-post/922743/36 "2020-10-14T03:29:08Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Yes, which is why in both of my posts, I mentioned that it was in the OP. > 😀  Yes, but I’m hardly ever in the OP, so I wasn’t making the connection. ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/codinghorror/32/4242_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-last-post/922743/37 "2020-10-24T02:20:44Z")
Excellent answers here for navigating _within_ the topic, but when _outside_ the topic, note that these click / tap areas offer fun experimentation as well: [https://blog.discourse.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/discourse-topic-list-click-tap-areas-updated.png](https://blog.discourse.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/discourse-topic-list-click-tap-areas-updated.png) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-last-post/922743.md?page=1)