Q: The numbers app keeps forgetting the scrolling position
I have a very frustrating problem with the latest version (2.6) of the Numbers app for iPhone. As soon as I close down any of my spreadsheets to open another one the app seems to forget the scrolling position so that when I re-open the original spreadsheet I am taken to the top of it although I want to be taken back to where I was (i.e. normally at the bottom of it).
Does anyone know if there is a way to solve this problem? Or if there is a quick way to get to the bottom of a spreadsheet (I know that a tap on the status bar takes me to the TOP of a spreadsheet but I don't know of any action that does the opposite - i.e. takes me to the BOTTOM, which would be very useful since that is normally where I enter new data.)
Details:
1) I operate several spreadsheets and some of them have grown rather big - i.e. they have come to contain many rows. And I keep adding rows at the bottom. The biggest spreadsheet now contains over 6000 rows. And since I upgraded to version 2.6 I am constantly taken to the top of the document every time I re-open it after having closed it to open another spreadsheet. It takes me about ONE MINUTE to scroll all the way down to the last row of the document after which I want to add my new data. Big pain. Almost unusable.
2) Before version 2.6 this was not a problem. The app would nicely remember the scrolling position.
3) My system:
iPhone 5S with iOS 9.0.2
Available memory: 6,5 GB
Numbers 2.6
I would be very thankful for any help!
Posted on Oct 20, 2015 2:00 PM
WORK-AROUND FOUND!
Hi All,
I have now found a work-around for this bug that makes it bearable to live with.
It seems that the scrolling position is properly saved when closing to open another sheet in the SAME document. If the document is closed from that other sheet the scrolling position in the original sheet will still be remembered.
In other words: the bug only affects the CURRENTLY OPEN spreadsheet and NOT other spreadsheets in the same document.
So, in the case of my 7000-row sheet I simply created a second "dummy" spreadsheet containing no information in the same document. And every time I need to close the document I make sure to remember to switch to this second spreadsheet first. When I then re-open the document and switch back to my 7000-row sheet I am right back where I want to be. No need for one minute of intense finger gymnastics! Irritating but no longer a show-stopper.
Hope that helps someone.
BTW:
I have been contacted by Apple regarding this bug so a fix is hopefully on its way.
Posted on Nov 10, 2015 6:51 AM

