XF 2.1 How to add "Go to last post" button at top of top of threads (not new post, but previously read threads)

[CZ Eddie]

If I click on a thread with new posts, there is an option to "go to new post". Which is nice.
But my users miss having a button from the old forum.
It was a "Go to last post" button that appeared at the top of every thread, regardless of whether there were new posts or not.

Is this something I can add somehow?

 

[adwade]

@cclaerhout has an add-on which I use, to add an icon alongside the page edge to Go to Top! (or Bottom) with a single click. Several available settings which should probably allow you to adjust it as you wish.

 

[beerForo]

You can click the date/timestamp of the last poster.

 

[CZ Eddie]

@cclaerhout has an add-on which I use, to add an icon alongside the page edge to Go to Top! (or Bottom) with a single click. Several available settings which should probably allow you to adjust it as you wish.

XF2 actually has this feature built-in.
Thanks though. I do like and use it but often forget its there.

You can click the date/timestamp of the last poster.

Thanks for the suggestion.
I did figure that one out eventually.
Training users to do it would be impossible I think.

There are obviously workarounds as the two of you have suggested.
It would be nice if someday a button were added to the top of the page, just as there is when there is a new post you have not yet seen.

 

[beerForo]

I agree to a certain extent, but the same happens on social media, you click the timestamp and go to the post. So users may be more adept than you think.

 

[beerForo]

You can always edit the template to replace the timestamp with click language or include both.

 

[sbj]

Bump. I have the same question as TO.

 

[beerForo]

You can add /latest to the string and create your own button.

/latest takes you to the last post.

 

[beerForo]

example: https://xenforo.com/community/threa...ost-but-previously-read-threads.158343/latest

 

[sbj]

Thanks, I tried my best.

In thread_view template after line 125 I added this following code

                        <xf:button href="{{ $firstUnread ? ('#post-' . $firstUnread.post_id) : link('threads/latest', $thread, {'new': 1}) }}"
                            class="button--link"
                            data-xf-click="scroll-to"
                            data-silent="true">
                                {{ phrase('jump_to_new') }}
                        </xf:button>

I probably will change the phrase to something more fitting but it seems to work.

 

[beerForo]

nice!

 

[sbj]

nice!

But I am not sure if this is how it should be done. I just copied the button before this one, removed the conditional and put /latest. The code might be wrong, not sure.

 

[Betclever]

Thanks, I tried my best.

In thread_view template after line 125 I added this following code

                        <xf:button href="{{ $firstUnread ? ('#post-' . $firstUnread.post_id) : link('threads/latest', $thread, {'new': 1}) }}"
                            class="button--link"
                            data-xf-click="scroll-to"
                            data-silent="true">
                                {{ phrase('jump_to_new') }}
                        </xf:button>

I probably will change the phrase to something more fitting but it seems to work.

Hello, how to directly jump to the latest unread post without having to click on that button?
Can you please share the code to put into the template thread_view?

Thx