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[Bill Filler <1488865@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Changed in: webbrowser-app (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Changed in: webbrowser-app (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => High

** Changed in: oxide
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Changed in: webbrowser-app (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Olivier Tilloy (osomon)

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Title:
  Jump to top of page functionality missing in web browser

Status in Oxide:
  Confirmed
Status in Ubuntu UX:
  Fix Committed
Status in webbrowser-app package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I would like to propose that "jump to top of page" be considered for
  inclusion in the web browser. This is something I'm really missing
  from Ubuntu Touch on my bq E5.

  On iOS touching the top of the screen will jump to the top of the page.
  On PS Vita there's a button on the toolbar that does the same thing.

  Some web pages will have menus or search at the top of the page and I
  believe it would be a good idea to allow users to quickly get back to
  the top.

  The way iOS does this clearly seems unsuited to Ubuntu with its top
  menu bar. I would like to propose two ways to implement this:

  1. A button next to the back/forward buttons, like so: <^ [address] or <>^ [address]
  or
  2. A sufficiently vigorous swipe down would send the page directly to the top.

  I like the 2nd option more, since it won't clutter the top bar with an
  additional button and I believe users are bound to discover the
  functionality by themselves anyway. A fast, vigorous swipe down would
  be used by the user exactly in that situation - when trying to quickly
  get back to the top of the page. Right now a couple or more swings are
  necessary on long pages (e.g. www.gamingonlinux.com), plus having to
  wait for the page to scroll.

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  UX Comment:

  The direction of chevrons have fairly strong meanings in our established visual language (and in all cases indicate some form of navigation, not the repositioning of content).
   
  That said, fast scrolling is a very desirable facility when viewing very long web-sites. As such, of the two proposed solutions I'd recommend we go with the second -

  "2. A sufficiently vigorous swipe down would send the page directly to
  the top."

  i.e. when down swipes are sufficiently vigorous, immediate scrolling
  to the top of the page occurs with sufficient speed so as to appear
  almost instantaneous.

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