Scroll to the top with a tap on iPhone

If you aren’t already aware of this beautiful, time-saving tech trick then today is a good day. It might have seemed the only way to scroll back to the top of iPhone applications like Email, Facebook, Safari and Messages was to furiously flick your thumb over the screen. But this is not the case. […]

Andrew Sadauskas February 12, 2013

tech-tricks If you aren’t already aware of this beautiful, time-saving tech trick then today is a good day.

It might have seemed the only way to scroll back to the top of iPhone applications like Email, Facebook, Safari and Messages was to furiously flick your thumb over the screen. But this is not the case.

You can get back up there in an instant with one tap of the status bar (the small bar at the top of the screen where the time, reception and battery life is displayed). There you go, you’re at the top.