✨ Feature Description
Add a responsive "Scroll to Top" button that appears when users scroll down the page and allows them to smoothly return to the top with a single click/tap.
🤔 Problem It Solves
The platform contains pages with significant vertical content, especially on mobile devices where users often scroll through multiple sections, cards, or posts. Currently, returning to the top requires repeated manual scrolling, which can negatively impact navigation and user experience.
While this may not be a major issue on desktop devices, it becomes much more noticeable on mobile screens where long scrolling sessions are common.
💡 Proposed Solution
Implement a floating "Scroll to Top" button with the following behavior:
- Remains hidden when the page first loads.
- Appears only after the user has scrolled a certain distance (e.g., 300–500px).
- Smoothly scrolls the page back to the top when clicked.
- Positioned in the bottom-right corner of the screen.
- Responsive across mobile, tablet, and desktop devices.
- Includes proper accessibility support (e.g., aria-label).
- Does not overlap important UI elements.
The component can be designed as a reusable utility so it can be used across multiple pages if required.
🎯 Benefits
- Improves navigation on long pages.
- Enhances mobile user experience.
- Reduces excessive manual scrolling.
- Provides a familiar and intuitive interaction pattern.
- Improves overall accessibility and usability.
🔄 Alternatives Considered
- Relying on native browser scrolling behavior.
- Adding navigation shortcuts in the header.
However, a dedicated scroll-to-top button offers a quicker and more user-friendly solution, particularly for mobile users.
📸 Mockups / Examples
Commonly used by modern web applications and content-heavy platforms as a floating action button that appears after scrolling and smoothly returns the user to the top of the page.
🙋 Contribution
I would like to work on this issue under GSSoC 2026.
✨ Feature Description
Add a responsive "Scroll to Top" button that appears when users scroll down the page and allows them to smoothly return to the top with a single click/tap.
🤔 Problem It Solves
The platform contains pages with significant vertical content, especially on mobile devices where users often scroll through multiple sections, cards, or posts. Currently, returning to the top requires repeated manual scrolling, which can negatively impact navigation and user experience.
While this may not be a major issue on desktop devices, it becomes much more noticeable on mobile screens where long scrolling sessions are common.
💡 Proposed Solution
Implement a floating "Scroll to Top" button with the following behavior:
The component can be designed as a reusable utility so it can be used across multiple pages if required.
🎯 Benefits
🔄 Alternatives Considered
However, a dedicated scroll-to-top button offers a quicker and more user-friendly solution, particularly for mobile users.
📸 Mockups / Examples
Commonly used by modern web applications and content-heavy platforms as a floating action button that appears after scrolling and smoothly returns the user to the top of the page.
🙋 Contribution
I would like to work on this issue under GSSoC 2026.