I caught myself scrolling all the way up back to top of a very long page on my iPhone. Then I was wondering if any quick trick to instantly take me up to the web page top in my web browser on iPhone.
Apple’s products have many useful features that are hidden or buried. If you can make use of these hidden features in your iOS devices or Mac computers, you can greatly improve your productivity and make your digital life much easier. Today, we will show you another very useful iOS feature – quickly scroll to top of a page in Safari browser taps on iPhone or iPad. This is especially useful when the web page you are browsing is extremely long and you have scroll down to the very bottom of the long page, you have to scroll to the top of a web page by using a swipe gesture several times.
Method 1. Use the “jump to top” anchor on the page
To allow users to quickly return to the top of a long web page or a specific section of a page, web developers may create anchor links. The “jump to top” link or button is usually placed at the bottom right corner of a long web page. So look for this button at bottom right corner and tap on it to scroll back to the top if applicable.
Method 2. Tap the Status Bar to quickly scroll to page top on iPhone iPad
Just like many other iOS tricks, the method to scroll to page top in Safari for mobile on your iPhone is buried. Only skilled iOS users may know this feature. Normally when you browse a long page in Safari which is too lengthy to scroll the way up by simply swiping from top to bottom, you may look for the back to top icon on the page, you can just tap on this button or icon to scroll up to top quickly.
If the website does not offer this back to page top feature. You can also make use of the built-in feature in iOS system to quickly scroll up to the top of any page in Safari for mobile. Don’t bother flicking to get back to the top of a web page if it was very long. Just tap on the status bar on your iPhone, the very top of your iPhone where you can see the wi-fi status, signal strength, time, battery status, etc. One touch on iPhone status bar at the very top of your iPhone screen, you will be taken to the top of the page in Safari. It is so easy to scroll page up to top following this little trick on iPhone.
Quickly scroll up to top in Mail and other apps on iPhone
Although this scroll up to top or back to top feature is mostly required in browsing long web pages using Safari on iPhone. We have also noticed that this small trick can actually be used to quickly scroll up to top in many other apps, including the Mail app on iPhone. When you opened the inbox folder with very long email list, you have flicked your way down, then if you want to go back to the top of your Inbox folder in Mail app, you can simply tap the iPhone status bar to instantly scroll up to the top. This method even works in some third party apps downloaded from Apple App Store. So just try this tip when you ever catch yourself scrolling up back to top on iPhone.