Back Button Returns to Top of PAge

kp

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Oct 23, 2008, 6:52:33 AM10/23/08

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I did a search for answers to this behavior but could not find a fix,
though there were several instances of the behavior I am about to
describe.

I just d/l'ed FF3 last night after giving up on the interface for IE7.
I like FF a lot, it seems to have an interface that works well for me
and I like many of the features. However, there is one thing that
drives me nuts.

In most/all pages I visit, the back button does not behave how I want
it to behave. In short, other browsers I have used all let you scroll
down a page, click on a link, and then, when you hit the back button,
it returns you to the spot on the page where you last clicked. In FF,
it takes me back to the top of the page. This is a real pain,
obviously, on a long page.

I cannot imagine that this is by design. Is there a fix for this
behavior? I want it to take me to the last place I was, not the top of
the page. I don't want to have to open every link in a new tab.

Thanks in advance.

Big_Al

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Oct 23, 2008, 11:26:11 AM10/23/08

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I have FF3.0.3 and just did a google search, scrolled down a bit and
clicked a link. Then did back and came back to the middle of the google
search. Seems to work here. XP SP3.

kp

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Oct 23, 2008, 6:22:35 PM10/23/08

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On Oct 23, 12:26 pm, Big_Al <Bi...@md.com> wrote:
> I have FF3.0.3 and just did a google search, scrolled down a bit and
> clicked a link. Then did back and came back to the middle of the google
> search. Seems to work here. XP SP3.

Also running XP SP3 and it returns to the top, so it probably isn't
that.

Traveller

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Oct 23, 2008, 8:32:37 PM10/23/08

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I've noticed both behaviours. It seems to be a function of the page design. some will return to the top of the page, others to where you left off. I haven't found any setting in FF that would account for the different actions, so my guess is that it is strictly related to which web site you are viewing.

Dave

David McRitchie

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Oct 23, 2008, 9:11:10 PM10/23/08

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"Traveller"

I've noticed both behaviours. It seems to be a function of the page design. some will return to the top of the page, others to where
you left off. I haven't found any setting in FF that would account for the different actions, so my guess is that it is strictly
related to which web site you are viewing.

Posted below HTML postings;
It could also make a difference if the url on the location bar has
a fragment-id to link into the middle of a page like myfile.htm#msg12

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kp

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Oct 23, 2008, 9:44:37 PM10/23/08

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On Oct 23, 10:11 pm, "David McRitchie" <nospam@nospam> wrote:
> "Traveller"
> I've noticed both behaviours. It seems to be a function of the page design. some will return to the top of the page, others to where
> you left off. I haven't found any setting in FF that would account for the different actions, so my guess is that it is strictly
> related to which web site you are viewing.
>
> Posted below HTML postings;
> It could also make a difference if the url on the location bar has
> a fragment-id to link into the middle of a page like myfile.htm#msg12

Here's an example of a page that exhibits the behavior:

http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia

David McRitchie

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Oct 23, 2008, 10:39:06 PM10/23/08

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"kp"

I don't know what the actual name of the page is, but
you are starting from a directory entry.

If you start from
http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia#describe
then go down near the bottom, then go to a "Full Story"
and return it comes back where you were near the bottom
though I was expecting
it to go back to #describe which is near the top but not the top.

eisneun

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Oct 24, 2008, 1:06:01 AM10/24/08

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"kp" <kei...@rocketmail.com> wrote in message
news:b14131a3-78e7-45e1...@h2g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...

see:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Scroll_position_on_web_pages_not_remembered

Al

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Oct 24, 2008, 7:27:58 AM10/24/08

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This is caused (or not caused) by the web page design. The person who
did the page has control over whether you return to a "target" or the
top of the page. Has nothing at all to do with Firefox.

Traveller

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Oct 24, 2008, 2:58:53 PM10/24/08

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Not for me. Returning from any full story means returning to the top of
the originating page.

Dave

Traveller

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Oct 24, 2008, 3:04:57 PM10/24/08

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Thanks for that link. The "Restore Scroll Position" extension works like a charm.

Dave

kp

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Oct 24, 2008, 7:38:36 PM10/24/08

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On Oct 24, 8:27 am, Al <a...@nospam.net> wrote:
> This is caused (or not caused) by the web page design. The person who
> did the page has control over whether you return to a "target" or the
> top of the page. Has nothing at all to do with Firefox.

I have to disagree, since the same page in IE returns to the original
starting point, not the top of the page.

kp

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Oct 24, 2008, 8:03:09 PM10/24/08

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On Oct 24, 4:04 pm, Traveller <travel...@doglover.com> wrote:
> Thanks for that link. The "Restore Scroll Position" extension works like a charm.
> Dave

Same here, problem is now fixed! That should be standard in Firefox.

JefSt...@gmail.com

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Oct 25, 2008, 9:29:00 PM10/25/08

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The website that still doesn't work correctly for me is eBay. I do a
lot of searches there and it doesn't go back to the same position.
eBay recently changed their site so I don't know whats going on. I
have Vista Home and FF2. I didn't install FF3 yet because they didn't
have the add-ons I liked yet.