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Make NavBar Re-appear on Upward Scroll #8699
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One possible solution would be to move mode switch to the right section (where ToC is). Another is to make navigation reappear whenever user starts scrolling upwards.
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[-]Usability issue: switching light/dark mode requires scrolling back to the top of the page[/-][+]Make NavBar Re-appear on Upward Scroll[/+]on Mar 5, 2026 Hi @avivkeller,
I noticed that PR #8808 was closed. I would like to work on issue #8699 and implement the scroll-up-to-reveal navigation bar functionality.
Could you please assign this issue to me?
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While reading a docs page, I decided to switch to the dark mode. But the mode button is not in the right section, it's in the navigation and navigation is hidden unless I scroll to the very top of the page, loosing the position I was reading at.
One possible solution would be to move mode switch to the right section (where ToC is). Another is to make navigation reappear whenever user starts scrolling upwards.
Other options to improve mode switching that come to mind are: