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Software => Internet browsers => Topic started by: tommil on May 15, 2011, 08:05:02 PM

Title: Scrolling in IE8
Post by: tommil on May 15, 2011, 08:05:02 PM

Hello everyone , I have encountered a problem with scrolling down the pages , say I am scrolling down the page on ebay , in the middle of that page I choose an item , I click on it ,view it then I go back to search results and instead going to the middle of the page where I found my last viewed item the page goes right up to the top . I tried different sources of information but with no sucess , any help would be appreciated .
Thanks

Title: Re: Scrolling in IE8
Post by: TulsaRose on May 16, 2011, 06:24:09 AM

I use the Backspace key or the Left arrow in the address bar to return to last view.  How are you "going back"??? 

Title: Re: Scrolling in IE8
Post by: soybean on May 16, 2011, 07:12:54 AM

Quote from: TulsaRose on May 16, 2011, 06:24:09 AM

I use the Backspace key ...

How does that work?

My most frequent method of going back is to right click and select Back from the right-click menu.

Title: Re: Scrolling in IE8
Post by: patio on May 16, 2011, 07:16:59 AM

Alt + <-  works as well...

Alt Back arrow that is...

Title: Re: Scrolling in IE8
Post by: tommil on May 16, 2011, 07:39:10 AM

If I use back arrow the page does go back to previous one only to the top of that page , it does not go back to the place where I stopped scrolling , so if I stopped scrolling half way through one page , I picked an item viewed it then went back to previous page I would be at the top of that page instead of half way down , it is so annoying .

Title: Re: Scrolling in IE8
Post by: patio on May 16, 2011, 07:43:26 AM

ALT + back arrow...
Up arrow goes to the top of the page...

Title: Re: Scrolling in IE8
Post by: rthompson80819 on May 16, 2011, 01:05:04 PM

I've got a five button mouse and one of the buttons is programmed for back.  Works great!  On MSNBC when I'm in the middle of the page and I hit the back button and it will go to the top of the page for a second, then go back to where I was within a second or two.

Have you tried a different browser?

Title: Re: Scrolling in IE8
Post by: TulsaRose on May 16, 2011, 03:47:47 PM

Quote

How does that work?

The backspace key is commonly used to go back a page when exploring folders in graphical environments, or when browsing the Web in web browsers.

Title: Re: Scrolling in IE8
Post by: soybean on May 16, 2011, 05:36:58 PM

Quote from: TulsaRose on May 16, 2011, 03:47:47 PM

The backspace key is commonly used to go back a page when exploring folders in graphical environments, or when browsing the Web in web browsers.

Thanks. I confess I don't recall ever being aware of this use of the backspace key.  I just tested it right in this forum and, by golly, it works.  :D

Title: Re: Scrolling in IE8
Post by: TulsaRose on May 17, 2011, 06:37:38 AM

Glad it worked for you, soybean.  Always happy to teach an old bean a new trick. O:)