# No button to navigate back to overview when browsing a topic

**URL:** <https://forum.modular.com/t/no-button-to-navigate-back-to-overview-when-browsing-a-topic/80>\
**Category:** Forum Feedback\
**Created:** [December 9, 2024, 6:33pm UTC](https://forum.modular.com/t/no-button-to-navigate-back-to-overview-when-browsing-a-topic/80 "2024-12-09T18:33:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![lesoup-mxd](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.modular.com/lesoup-mxd/32/585_2.png) [@lesoup-mxd](https://forum.modular.com/u/lesoup-mxd)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 6:33pm UTC](https://forum.modular.com/t/no-button-to-navigate-back-to-overview-when-browsing-a-topic/80/1 "2024-12-09T18:33:32Z")

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Maybe, a button exists, but the interface is a bit too complicated to figure it out, makes newcomers’ experience a bit rough.  
Obviously, everyone could use the back feature of the browser itself, but given how self-contained today’s web UI is, a button is rather expected)

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**Author:** ![DarinSimmons](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.modular.com/darinsimmons/32/12_2.png) [@DarinSimmons](https://forum.modular.com/u/DarinSimmons)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 7:52pm UTC](https://forum.modular.com/t/no-button-to-navigate-back-to-overview-when-browsing-a-topic/80/2 "2024-12-09T19:52:42Z")

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As a power user of Discourse, I thought “surely there is a way to do that” and to my surprise I could not find one.

I opened a question on the Discourse forum to see if there is one and if I don’t get a shortcut response, I’ll open a feature request.

> **[Return to category shortcut](https://meta.discourse.org/t/return-to-category-shortcut/341442)**
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> I’m probably oblivious though seeing as how I used the search and the “Your topic is similar to…” does not produce anything like I’m asking: Is there a keyboard shortcut to return to the category that the post is from? For example, an employee...

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**Author:** ![DarinSimmons](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.modular.com/darinsimmons/32/12_2.png) [@DarinSimmons](https://forum.modular.com/u/DarinSimmons)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 7:58pm UTC](https://forum.modular.com/t/no-button-to-navigate-back-to-overview-when-browsing-a-topic/80/3 "2024-12-09T19:58:24Z")

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Apparently in all my years as a Discourse keyboard jockey, I never hit the “back button” which is (u). Shift +? or forward slash will pull up keyboard shortcuts and back (u) will put you right back in the category that you were looking at.

Does that work for you?

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**Author:** ![lesoup-mxd](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.modular.com/lesoup-mxd/32/585_2.png) [@lesoup-mxd](https://forum.modular.com/u/lesoup-mxd)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 8:12pm UTC](https://forum.modular.com/t/no-button-to-navigate-back-to-overview-when-browsing-a-topic/80/4 "2024-12-09T20:12:23Z")

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Yes, however I use a mobile interface,  
therefore a dedicated button would be more accessible in mobile layout

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**Author:** ![lesoup-mxd](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.modular.com/lesoup-mxd/32/585_2.png) [@lesoup-mxd](https://forum.modular.com/u/lesoup-mxd)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.modular.com/t/no-button-to-navigate-back-to-overview-when-browsing-a-topic/80/5 "2024-12-09T20:14:40Z")

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Additionally, many users on the web may have the page full screened on, say a second monitor, with browser decorations disabled. In this case, they can can only rely on keyboard shortcuts, which is an accessibility issue  
I, myself commonly have a forum on full screen, and having to memorise all the shortcuts is a pain
