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Please get rid of floating green arrows!

Discussion in 'Helpdesk' started by Yorkieman, Aug 24, 2020.

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  1. Yorkieman

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    As a left handed user I am hating those pointless green up and down arrows in the bottom right of the screen. It makes scrolling very problematic if that is where your thumb is resting on the screen.

    This is one of those examples where right handed people don't think how something impacts on left handed people.

    But either way, what is the point of them. Who, in 2020, needs a button to be able to get to the top or bottom of the screen.

    I can maybe understand a button at the bottom of the page that took you to the top, but does anyone, honestly, get half way down the page and then decide they want to instantly go to the top or bottom and click on the green up arrow. Never!

    It is just unnecessary screen clutter and there should be a law against it :)

    For the sake of left handers on smaller mobiles, please please please get rid of it.

    Thanks.
     
    #1 Yorkieman, Aug 24, 2020
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  2. bantamdave41

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    As a right hander, one too has annoyances with the green up and down arrows. The amount of time, I've been reading a page, looked to scroll down and boom, back to the previous page.

    Same as for when your typing in the comments section here. Typing away your text and you scroll to read, your whole comment before commenting further/submitting and boom, same again, back to previous page with the latter part of your message deleted (assume due to draft saved).

    So an upvote here on getting rid of this blasted green up/down button.
     
    #2 bantamdave41, Aug 24, 2020
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  3. Storck

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    Easy solution.

    just turn them off in your settings.

    job done.
     
    #3 Storck, Aug 24, 2020
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  4. Yorkieman

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    Awesome solution. Why didn't I think of that.

    Just wondering, does anyone find them useful? It seems like those social media share buttons that some people have floating over the content, making stuff harder to read.

    Maybe i'm just a minimalist.
     
    #4 Yorkieman, Aug 24, 2020
  5. Yorkieman

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    Great to hear a right-hander's view. Thanks for that. I know that feeling with the comments too :)
     
    #5 Yorkieman, Aug 24, 2020
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  6. bantamdave41

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    Erm, how?
     
    #6 bantamdave41, Aug 24, 2020
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  7. Campbell's soup

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    Or turn your phone upside down.
     
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  8. SimonW

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    Yes use them all the time to jump up and down the thread
     
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    #8 SimonW, Aug 24, 2020
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  9. Storck

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    yep I use them at end of thread to jump to top and then click New Threads
     
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  10. Storck

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    not sure, but it did used to be an option. But I might be thinking of C&B.

    @SimonW@SimonW would know
     
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  11. SimonW

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    I'm not sure tbh. I can't find a setting for it.

    If I get some spare time I might see if I can hack something up to allow a choice but as its not something Karl has requested and thus I would be doing it in my own time its far from at the top of my list of things to do so I can't give you a timescale
     
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    Appreciated if you can find a work around and time
     
    #12 bantamdave41, Aug 24, 2020
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    I get confused between options on here and on C&B
     
    #13 Storck, Aug 24, 2020
  14. king karl

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    sure i read how to disable it , but it would disable it for all and I think a few find it useful
     
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    #14 king karl, Aug 24, 2020
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    Its not a XF feature, its style specific and I looked through all the options and there isn't one to disable it either globally or for specific users. It needs some hacking of the style to remove it and even more to make it a user choice as that will also need a plugin written
     
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  16. king karl

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    Forget that then
     
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    I used to have the green arrows

    Now I have a circle with an arrow in it , its at the bottom in the middle on Samsung s20

    You can only scroll up the page
     
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    #17 king karl, Aug 24, 2020
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    Yet another post zapped by an accidental press of the green arrows that appeared from nowhere. I'm not typing it again!

    This thing is pissing off punters and posts are being lost. I won't be the only one thinking it.

    (it happened twice when doing this post but I persevered this time to raise the issue.)
     
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    #18 Hoochy-Min, Sep 3, 2020
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  19. king karl

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    You really must be more careful in future :rolleyes:

    Your post should be still there as its usually auto saved
     
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    #19 king karl, Sep 3, 2020
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    Doesn't always auto save .
     
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