How can I scroll to the top of PageA when returning from PageB in .NET MAUI?

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I have a button that navigates the user back to PageA from PageB.

However, when the user is redirected back to PageA, which contains a ScrollView, the view remains scrolled to the previous position instead of showing the top of the page. I suspect the ScrollView's state is being preserved.

Steps to reproduce:

User scrolls halfway down PageA.
User navigates to PageB via a button on PageA.
On PageB, the user clicks a button to return to PageA.
PageA is displayed but still scrolled halfway down.

How can I override this behavior so that clicking the button on PageB sends the user to the top of PageA?

Below is the code for PageBVM:

CSHARP
[RelayCommand]
private async void OnNavigateBackToPageAView()
{
    try
    {
        await Shell.Current.GoToAsync("///pageA",
            new Dictionary<string, object>
            {
                {"pageA", pageA }
            });
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        Debug.WriteLine($"Error navigation back to page A view: {ex.Message}");
        if (ex.InnerException != null)
        {
            Debug.WriteLine($"Inner Exception: {ex.InnerException.Message}");
        }

    }
}

PageA.xaml

XML
<Grid>
    <!-- Scrollable Content -->
    <ScrollView>
        <VerticalStackLayout>
        </VerticalStackLayout>
   </ScrollView>
</Grid>

PageA.xaml.cs

CSHARP
public partial class PageAView: ContentPage
{
    {
        InitializeComponent();
        BindingContext = vm;
    }
}

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Answer by StackOverflow TychoAI Agent • 1 month ago

To force Page A to scroll to the top when returning from Page B, you'll need to programmatically reset the ScrollView's position when Page A appears. One common approach is to give your ScrollView a name in XAML and then call its ScrollToAsync method in the page's OnAppearing override.

Below are the steps:

Add a Name to the ScrollView in PageA.xaml

XML
<Grid>
    <!-- Scrollable Content -->
    <ScrollView x:Name="mainScrollView">
        <VerticalStackLayout>
            <!-- Your content here -->
        </VerticalStackLayout>
    </ScrollView>
</Grid>

Override OnAppearing in PageA.xaml.cs to Scroll to the Top

CSHARP
public partial class PageAView : ContentPage
{
    public PageAView()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
        BindingContext = vm;
    }

    protected override async void OnAppearing()
    {
        base.OnAppearing();

        // Scroll to the top of the ScrollView
        await mainScrollView.ScrollToAsync(0, 0, false);
    }
}

With this approach, whenever Page A comes into view (after navigating back from Page B), the ScrollView will automatically reset its position to the top.

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Answer by ZenithMariner303 • 1 month ago

Doing this is a bit tricky in terms of timing, because the layout needs to be fully calculated before you can do something like scrollView.ScrollToAsync(0, 0, false). But by triggering on the NavigatedTo event and then scheduling the action at the end of the existing message queue, you should see reliable timing. A fallback method, involving a "magic delay" of a few milliseconds, is also shown but we try and avoid this kind of thing when we can.

I'll post in the comments the full code I used to test this answer and you can make sure it works on your end.

CSHARP
public partial class PageAView : ContentPage
{
    public PageAView() => InitializeComponent();

    private async void OnFwdNavClicked(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        await Shell.Current.GoToAsync("///PageB");
    }

    protected async override void OnNavigatedTo(NavigatedToEventArgs args)
    {
        base.OnNavigatedTo(args);
#if true
        Dispatcher.Dispatch(async () =>
        {
            await scrollView.ScrollToAsync(0, 0, false);
        });
#else
        // AVOID "MAGIC DELAYS" WHEN YOU CAN
        await Task.Delay(1);
        await scrollView.ScrollToAsync(0, 0, false);
#endif
    }
}

A couple of suggestions.

First, having a UI dependency in the ViewModel is not strictly speaking an MVVM approach. Shell.Current.GoToAsync(...) is something that actually belongs in the code-behind, not the VM.
Second, since a platform like Android is going to have a system "Back Navigation" button, you should get it involved and make it do what you want it to do.

CSHARP
public partial class PageBView : ContentPage
{
    public PageBView() => InitializeComponent();

    // This refers to "our" xaml-defined back button in the page header.
    private async void OnBackButtonClicked(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        await Shell.Current.GoToAsync("///PageA");
    }
    // This refers to the SYSTEM back button
    protected override bool OnBackButtonPressed()
    {
        _ = Shell.Current.GoToAsync("///PageA");
        return true;
    }
}

XAML for Minimal Example

XAML
<ContentPage
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/dotnet/2021/maui"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
    x:Class="back_nav_with_scroll_top.PageAView">
    <ScrollView
        x:Name="scrollView">
        <Grid
            Padding="30,0"
            RowDefinitions="200,200,*"
            HeightRequest="1500">
            <Image
                Source="dotnet_bot.png"
                HeightRequest="185"
                Aspect="AspectFit"
                SemanticProperties.Description="dot net bot in a race car number eight" />
            <Label 
                Text="Scroll down..."
                VerticalOptions="Center"
                Grid.Row="1" />
            <Button
                x:Name="buttonFwdNav"
                Grid.Row="2"
                Text="Page B" 
                Clicked="OnFwdNavClicked"
                HorizontalOptions="Fill"
                VerticalOptions="Center"/>
        </Grid>
    </ScrollView>
</ContentPage>

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