"Back to top" button blocks page content

[ivirshup]

I'd like to report sort of a bug, sort of a feature request.

Demo:

Screen.Recording.2023-10-05.at.21.12.34.mov

When I get to the bottom of a page, the "Back to top" button blocks the last line of content. This makes it pretty hard to read.

I would suggest two possible solutions:

• Allow turning this button off (I personally find it distracting, though I see how it could be useful on mobile)
• Put the button somewhere else, like on the top of the page (as is done in both the mkdocs and furo examples shown in Scroll to top button to quickly jump to the top of the page #1126)
  • mkdocs and furo also have more muted buttons, which I think make the button less distracting.

[12rambau]

• If you look at the associated PR thread, you'll see that using a bright button was actually an accessibility requirement. My initial design was using the background color: feat: add a scroll to top btn #1332
• turning them off is a valuable request. I don't know why it's not already the case.
• The positioning is also an accessibility request, it's closer to your thumb for mobile users which are the main beneficiaries of this.

[ivirshup]

The ability to turn it off would be great.

I think it could be nice if it were only enabled on mobile, but not sure how foolproof that is to implement. As a side note, I believe apple mobile devices have a built-in scroll to top when you tap the top of the screen.

I'm also not sure I get why it's important for this nav element to be on bottom, but not the other elements like the TOC or hamburger menu.

[Gouvernathor]

In addition to the ability to turn it off, which I would also greatly appreciate, I think it should be off by default on normal desktop, non-phone platforms. The ↖ (begin) key exists on most keyboards after all, so it's very weird to see a bright spot in the middle of the page when you don't actually need one in the first place.

[jamesdbrock]

I would love the ability to turn off “Back to Top”.

[al-rigazzi]

+1

I think the "Back to Top" button is not always needed and can be distracting, given its size