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Jump to the Bottom or Middle of a Page on Your iPhone, Not Just the Top

Jan 23, 2015 10:32 PM
Person holding a smartphone displaying a webpage outdoors.

When surfing the web in Safari, you can double-tap the status bar to quickly scroll back up to the top any webpage. In other iOS apps that have the shortcut enabled, you can get the job done even faster by tapping the status bar only once. The only bad thing about this feature is that there's no shortcut for scrolling all of the way back down or to the middle.

Fortunately, there is a way to create your own shortcut gesture that will make reaching the middle and bottom of a page just as easy as reaching the top. For this to work, you will need to have a jailbroken iOS device.

Install Activator

If you're new to jailbreaking and haven't heard of the Activator tweak, then make sure to check out our complete Activator guide to familiarize yourself and get it installed.

Install TapToScroll for Activator

To gain the ability of easy scrolling, open up Cydia, then search for and install the free tweak from developer Ron Thakrar called TapToScroll for Activator.

TapticScroll for Activator app details screen

Choose Your Gestures

Enter the your iPhone's Settings app and select TapToScroll's preferences. Once there, tap one of the actions and select an Activator assignment for it. To keep things consistent, I stuck with actions in the status bar.

You'll need to redefine the "Scroll to Top" gesture again, though, because this tweak will disable it. You can always make it a double-tap for familiarity.

Jump to the Bottom or Middle of a Page on Your iPhone, Not Just the Top
User interface instructions for a mobile application.
Jump to the Bottom or Middle of a Page on Your iPhone, Not Just the Top
User interface instructions for a mobile application.

Start Scrolling Faster

With your actions chosen, enjoy scrolling any page even faster that you could before. Not only can you get to the top super fast, now you can get to the middle or the bottom of a page at the same speed.

Jump to the Bottom or Middle of a Page on Your iPhone, Not Just the Top
Jump to the Bottom or Middle of a Page on Your iPhone, Not Just the Top
Jump to the Bottom or Middle of a Page on Your iPhone, Not Just the Top
Jump to the Bottom or Middle of a Page on Your iPhone, Not Just the Top

Let us know how the tweak helped you out by commenting below, and don't forget to keep up with us over on Facebook, Google+, or Twitter for more cool jailbreak tweaks like this one.

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