# Is there a way to scroll ahead?

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**Created:** [November 9, 2022, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-scroll-ahead/974653 "2022-11-09T12:35:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![slicedalone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slicedalone/32/12515_2.png) [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-scroll-ahead/974653/1 "2022-11-09T12:35:35Z")

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Newbie here. When I open some very long threads, the first post I see is from 2017 or 2019 or like that, and I’ve got to scroll through a few thousand posts to get up to posts from this month–is there a way to do it more quickly than holding down the down arrow for fifteen minutes?

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**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-scroll-ahead/974653/2 "2022-11-09T12:45:51Z")

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See the post count in the small box? Tap your finger on that and a slider will appear that lets you scroll to the bottom. This works on mobile but I don’t know if it does on a laptop.

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**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:** [November 9, 2022, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-scroll-ahead/974653/3 "2022-11-09T12:47:09Z")

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Another option is the « last reply » box just under the very first post. That takes you to the end of the thread.

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**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-scroll-ahead/974653/4 "2022-11-09T12:48:15Z")

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NM. Had to adjust my glasses.