In iOS and iPados there is the possibility of quickly returning to the start of an e-mail, webpage, note. Apple calls this function “scroll-to-top” (return to the beginning) and the top of an app or page.
All you have to do is tap the top of the screen. This is possible, for example, in the right part clockwise, or the left part with the signal and battery symbol. If you visit a web page and tap in the upper part of the screen, then automatically return to the start of the page.
Scroll-to-top and the Dynamic Island
If you have an iPhone with a Dynamic Island, it can automatically return to the beginning, a little more difficult. You will then have to tap left or right of the Dynamic Island. That may sound logical, but there are a lot of iPhone users who find the function more difficult to operate, witness this article On the Apple support.
If you tap a little too close to the Dynamic Island, it will be opened (at least if it is active) or nothing happens at all if it is not active.
Can you scroll off it automatically?
Within the iOS settings it is not possible to switch off automatic scrolling to the start. If you sometimes suffer from spontaneously activating the function to tap you just outside the Dynamic Island, you can only prevent this by not tapping the upper part of the screen.
That means that if you do not want to scroll to the top of the screen, webpage, or e-mail, you should not tap the top of the iPhone screen. So don’t tap in the area of ​​the clock, battery symbol or Dynamic Island.
Possibly an institution in future iOS versions
Given the popularity of the article with complaining iPhone users It is possible that future versions of iOS get an option via the Settings app to switch off or switch on the Scroll-to-top function. At the moment (iOS 18.3) the institution is not yet present.