[Resolved] Back to Top Button requires footer widget?

[David R]

For the Back to Top Button to appear (Layout->Footer), why does it require 1+ footer widgets? With 0 footer widgets, the Back to Top won’t appear.

[Leo]

Hi David,

The Back to Top button should work when there is no footer widget:
http://www.screencast.com/t/0TJ3kGXNO

Not quite sure why it’s not working for you though.

Can you first try #1 on this page?
https://docs.generatepress.com/article/debugging-tips/

If not can you provide a link to your site?

Thanks!

[David R]

With absolutely no plugins enabled (even GP Premium disabled), Back to Top will only appear on the live site with 2+ widgets now. It never appears in Customize.

Then I re-enabled GP Premium and Simple CSS, and now it works as you say it should: 0 footer widgets and it appears, in Customize and in the live render.

Maybe a bad, temporary caching issue? I re-enabled the only other plugin I have (BreezingForms), and it still works properly now.

Disabled/re-enabling plugins fixed it, whatever the culprit.

[Tom]

Hmm, sounds like it could be a caching issue.

[David]

I have the same issue that just appeared. The back-to-top is not appearing. It was working before. Client just brought it to my attention.

[David]

Here is the url http://cmcwebdev.com/privacypos/

[Leo]

Hi David,

Can you give #1 on this page a shot?
https://docs.generatepress.com/article/debugging-tips/

Something had to change to make it not working anymore.

Let me know.

[David]

***RESOLVED*** I just discovered the issue. It was a recent insertion of CSS to achieve the parallax effect I was working on.

[Leo]

Glad you found the issue 🙂

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