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Written by Author-ized L.J. on 2025-01-17 at 04:41

Is it useful or necessary to have a "back to top" button on a #blog that stays in a corner and doesn't scroll off the page? (To see it in action, go to https://ljwrites.blog/posts/queer-premodern-korea/ and scroll a little way down for the button to appear.) More details in thread. #IndieWeb #accessibility #a11y

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Written by Author-ized L.J. on 2025-01-17 at 05:59

Some background: I mostly like my current Hugo theme, PaperMod, and was even complimented on its accessibility by a Blind user. However, I also read elsewhere that a non-scrolling overlay UI element is a HUGE (so to speak) inconvenience for users who need to magnify the screen a lot, so I'm thinking about simply ditching the button though I have had no direct complaints.

Still, if having a back-to-top button is necessary or useful to some users I'm reluctant to simply get rid of it without any alternatives. I don't need it myself because I have a keyboard shortcut, but I know that's not the case for everyone. The trend toward disappearing and tiny scrollbars doesn't help, and not everyone can grab and pull a scrollbar anyway.

Also, the way my theme is laid out, with site navigation and a table of contents at the top of articles, makes a quick return to top even more useful. Maybe what I need is a non-scrolling navigation bar with a TOC reveal button, though I can see these becoming annoying on their own at large enough magnifications :blobcat_think:

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Written by A Slow Writer on 2025-01-17 at 07:01

@ljwrites didn't participate because I'm not someone who needs the accessibility of either it being there or not being there, however, I will say: it is useful but I always forget it is there, so take that as you will 😂

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Written by Author-ized L.J. on 2025-01-17 at 07:04

@slowwriter Good data point to know that it's useful. And same, I don't always get around to actually using useful features either xD

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