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IPad scrolling tip I just stumbled across

Sleazy E

Sleazy E

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Ok if this is old news I apologize. I just noticed that when scrolling webpages you can jump up to the top very quickly by touching the top of the iPad screen. Works great for when I am on the forums.
 
Sleazy E said:
Ok if this is old news I apologize. I just noticed that when scrolling webpages you can jump up to the top very quickly by touching the top left hand corner of the iPad. Works great for when I am on the forums.
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This will actually work by touching the to top part of the screen anywhere, doesn't have to just be the top left corner!
 
I wish it worked for scrolling down as well, only works to speed scroll upward.
 
It's actually touching anywhere on the status bar. Works the same on the iPhone as well, but not every application supports the gesture.
 
Its actually anywhere on the title bar, just tap it once and you are all the way up.
 
Sleazy E said:
Ok if this is old news I apologize. I just noticed that when scrolling webpages you can jump up to the top very quickly by touching the top left hand corner of the iPad. Works great for when I am on the forums.
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Welcome to almost 3 years ago on the iPhone 2G. :)
 
Oh it works touching anywhere up top? Nice! I guess I never browsed the web much on my iPhone to have known this.

I am sure there might be other clueless people out there like me that might appreciate the tip :)
 
Sleazy E said:
Oh it works touching anywhere up top? Nice! I guess I never browsed the web much on my iPhone to have known this.

I am sure there might be other clueless people out there like me that might appreciate the tip :)
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What’s new with the iPad is that for the split-view it depends on where you tap the status bar. If you tap the left side of the status bar the left pane scrolls up, while if you tap the right side the right pane scrolls up. Try with Mail in landscape orientation for example.
 
My question is, why can't we have the Pages scrolling in Safari (or every app)?

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Let's hope we see it in 4.0.
 
I'm not sure if this is with any page that has a scrollable frame or just google reader, but I noticed you can scroll the inner frame on reader if you use two fingers to scroll. I would assume this is true on any scrollable inner frame.
 
it does this on the iphone's texts too,
you can scroll to the top of text message conversations by tapping the top.
just don't double tap otherwise you might accidentally call them.
 
So it does work.

I tried it at store units (still working on getting my own :D) and couldn't get it to work.
 
Oh yeah, I was at the Apple Store and there was a screen showing a bunch of tips for iPhones and Macs and I saw this one. :p
 
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