# Allow "go back" action to return to same screen position **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Created:** [March 19, 2023, 2:13am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-go-back-action-to-return-to-same-screen-position/59345 "2023-03-19T02:13:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eden](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/eden/32/18651_2.png) [@Eden](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Eden)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2023, 2:13am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-go-back-action-to-return-to-same-screen-position/59345/1 "2023-03-19T02:13:03Z")
Hi! Am madly in love with Glide Pages vs Apps, especially the custom collections and containers! Yet, there are still a few kinks that could use some resolving. 1. When going back from a detail view to a list view (or any screen), it goes back to the top of the screen, rather than where you were up to previously in the list. This is a big issue when reviewing lots of data 2. A bit of a lag in Glide pages vs Apps on my Android device. [Loom Recording](https://www.loom.com/share/751da65a1d824c96a672279917e62a6f) 3. When using the inline screen and exiting the screen- and then using the default 'go back" gesture on mobile, it gets stuck in bit of a confusing loop. [Screen recording](https://imgur.com/a/c1IddVy) Great work team! Can’t wait to see how Glide Pages + Big Tables transforms our workflows! ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2023, 11:52pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-go-back-action-to-return-to-same-screen-position/59345/2 "2023-03-19T23:52:42Z")
@tristan Some feedback here. @Eden can you record this part in a [Loom](https://www.loom.com/) video? > [@Eden](#): > > A bit of a lag in Glide pages vs Apps on my Android device. ---
**Author:** ![Eden](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/eden/32/18651_2.png) [@Eden](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Eden)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2023, 6:52pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-go-back-action-to-return-to-same-screen-position/59345/3 "2023-03-24T18:52:09Z")
@ThinhDinh @tristan Here’s a loom [Screen Recording](https://www.loom.com/share/751da65a1d824c96a672279917e62a6f) The lag with Glide pages has been frustrating with users on mobile. ---
**Author:** ![Eden](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/eden/32/18651_2.png) [@Eden](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Eden)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2023, 4:40am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-go-back-action-to-return-to-same-screen-position/59345/4 "2023-03-25T04:40:09Z")
Notice the **‘breadcrumbs’** component briefly appears at 0:04s, when going back- This issue appears consistently in my experience with Glide pages on mobile, both iOS and Android. ---
**Author:** ![Eden](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/eden/32/18651_2.png) [@Eden](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Eden)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 12:44am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-go-back-action-to-return-to-same-screen-position/59345/5 "2023-04-12T00:44:03Z")
@tristan any thoughts on this topic? The lag on Android makes pages frustrating to use. I’ve also observed that the lag might be even more significant on apps which have lots of images. ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Gabriele](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/joe_gabriele/32/57595_2.png) [@Joe\_Gabriele](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Joe_Gabriele)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 2:04am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-go-back-action-to-return-to-same-screen-position/59345/6 "2023-04-12T02:04:01Z")
I have a temporary solution for you. If you make your new Target Screen open as an Overlay vs Current, when you close the overlay or go back, it will keep you where you previously were. I did notice though that even if I am using Dark Theme, the top of the Overlay is white. ---
**Author:** ![Eden](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/eden/32/18651_2.png) [@Eden](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Eden)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2023, 8:40pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-go-back-action-to-return-to-same-screen-position/59345/8 "2023-04-28T20:40:58Z")
Although, “go back” still jumps to the top of the screen. ---
**Author:** ![fabio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/fabio/32/16336_2.png) [@fabio](https://community.glideapps.com/u/fabio)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 12:01pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-go-back-action-to-return-to-same-screen-position/59345/9 "2023-08-02T12:01:17Z")
any “news” on this topic? going back to the top of the screen is very frustrating when you have a long list… ---
**Author:** ![spamtes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@spamtes](https://community.glideapps.com/u/spamtes)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 6:59pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-go-back-action-to-return-to-same-screen-position/59345/10 "2023-08-03T18:59:56Z")
Similar to my issue > [@Back button function - perhaps not the intended functionality...?](https://community.glideapps.com/t/back-button-function-perhaps-not-the-intended-functionality/64548/3): > > Hello Thinh, Yes, back button on mobiles, and the back button on the layout edit screen. Here’s a video showing the difference when using the ‘device back’ and the back button in the upper left corner. [[record\_glide] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYfZ3Fed7Yw) After pressing the orange-pink button, and pressing cancel, The top left corner back button gives the desired result, Device back button (swipe from the side on android) gives the undesired result. ---
**Author:** ![NoCodeAndy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nocodeandy/32/62530_2.png) [@NoCodeAndy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/NoCodeAndy)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-go-back-action-to-return-to-same-screen-position/59345/11 "2023-08-03T19:44:58Z")
> [@fabio](#): > > any “news” on this topic? going back to the top of the screen is very frustrating when you have a long list… I hear you! I’ve run into this on my personal apps. 😅 I’ve opened another ticket with the dev team and cited this thread (plus a couple others). We’ll follow up here when we have something ready to share. ---
**Author:** ![spamtes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@spamtes](https://community.glideapps.com/u/spamtes)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2023, 4:38pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-go-back-action-to-return-to-same-screen-position/59345/12 "2023-08-04T16:38:29Z")
Thank you kindly! ---
**Author:** ![Eden](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/eden/32/18651_2.png) [@Eden](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Eden)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 11:59pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-go-back-action-to-return-to-same-screen-position/59345/13 "2023-08-20T23:59:57Z")
@david, this one’s quite important from a User Experience perspective, quite the headache for users when working with any sort of collections ---
**Author:** ![fabio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/fabio/32/16336_2.png) [@fabio](https://community.glideapps.com/u/fabio)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2023, 1:11pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-go-back-action-to-return-to-same-screen-position/59345/14 "2023-08-26T13:11:12Z")
Dear Andy, any news about this topic? Thanks! Fabio ---
**Author:** ![NoCodeAndy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nocodeandy/32/62530_2.png) [@NoCodeAndy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/NoCodeAndy)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-go-back-action-to-return-to-same-screen-position/59345/15 "2023-09-12T14:18:22Z")
Thanks for checking in. 🙂 It’s in the development queue. ---
**Author:** ![fabio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/fabio/32/16336_2.png) [@fabio](https://community.glideapps.com/u/fabio)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 10:34am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-go-back-action-to-return-to-same-screen-position/59345/16 "2023-09-14T10:34:36Z")
Thanks Andy for your reply Any estimated “delivery”? around 1 week, 1 month, 6 months… Just to understand how long is that queue 🙂 Thanks Ciao ---
**Author:** ![NoCodeAndy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nocodeandy/32/62530_2.png) [@NoCodeAndy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/NoCodeAndy)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 7:47pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-go-back-action-to-return-to-same-screen-position/59345/17 "2023-09-14T19:47:27Z")
I don’t have an ETA at the moment, but it’s on my watchlist. 👍 When I have more details from the team, I’ll pass it along here. Thanks for keeping me accountable! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Eden](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/eden/32/18651_2.png) [@Eden](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Eden)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2023, 2:16am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-go-back-action-to-return-to-same-screen-position/59345/18 "2023-09-16T02:16:29Z")
This is seemingly simple but incredibly important for power users of Large tables. Each entry is several seconds, calculate that for a few hundred times a day. ---
**Author:** ![Stryker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/stryker/32/63744_2.png) [@Stryker](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Stryker)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2023, 10:22pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-go-back-action-to-return-to-same-screen-position/59345/19 "2023-09-17T22:22:19Z")
Are you sure this is in the development queue? I was struggling with this earlier, but now my understanding is that the Go Back action functions as intended. In some cases users may want to be returned to the top of the previous screen. In other cases users may want to be returned to their previous position in a long list. In such cases we should set the Navigation Target as an Overlay or Slide In. When those objects are closed the user will be returned to where they were in their list. The current choices provide the flexibility to manage the user experience as desired. ---
**Author:** ![NoCodeAndy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nocodeandy/32/62530_2.png) [@NoCodeAndy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/NoCodeAndy)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2023, 11:51pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-go-back-action-to-return-to-same-screen-position/59345/20 "2023-09-17T23:51:44Z")
It’s in the development queue for review & follow-up by the team. 👍 What you’ve described is a good workaround for preserving a user’s position in a list, but there are situations where overlays and slide-ins aren’t ideal. I agree that flexibility in managing user experience should be preserved. That’s the sort of detail that our designers and devs will dig into. ---
**Author:** ![min86k](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/min86k/32/55483_2.png) [@min86k](https://community.glideapps.com/u/min86k)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2023, 1:33pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-go-back-action-to-return-to-same-screen-position/59345/21 "2023-11-02T13:33:42Z")
Are there any updates for the bug? [Next page](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-go-back-action-to-return-to-same-screen-position/59345.md?page=2)