Open Bug 1794077 Opened 2 years ago Updated 1 year ago

Reuse reader view scroll position when returning to the original page (rather than restoring scroll position for the original page from history)

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(Toolkit :: Reader Mode, enhancement)

Desktop
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enhancement

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Tracking Status
firefox105 --- affected
firefox106 --- affected
firefox107 --- affected

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(Reporter: oardelean, Unassigned)

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Found in

  • Firefox 106.0b8;

Affected versions

  • Firefox 106.0b8;
  • Nightly 107.0a1;
  • Firefox 105.0;

Tested platforms

  • macOS 12;
  • Ubuntu 22;
  • Windows 10;

Affected platforms

  • macOS 12;
  • Ubuntu 22;
  • Windows 10;

Steps to reproduce

  1. Launch Firefox.
  2. Go to a page which supports Reader View, such as https://longform.org/best .
  3. Make sure the article is scrolled at the top of the page.
  4. Enable Reader View.
  5. Scroll down the page.
  6. Disable Reader View.

Actual result

  • Page jumps to the top/position it originally was in before enabling Reader View.

Expected result

  • Keep the same in-page position after toggling Reader View.
Severity: -- → S4
Has STR: --- → yes
Summary: Make Reader View keep its original position in-page after enabling/disabling → Reuse reader view scroll position when returning to the original page (rather than restoring scroll position for the original page from history)
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