I don't know about a preference option, but you could just book mark:

If I understand your suggestion correctly I would save a "favorite" link to the page but tack on an additional parameter. Unless I'm mistaken (a very real possibility!), that won't log me in. Once I'm logged in and on the page, moving the legend is a single click.

It's not that I mind doing it, but the mere fact that the option to "move legend to bottom" is available at all would indicate that (many?) users might find its default position less than optimal.

I'm allowed the option to alter my view of the monastery in many other ways, style/color, filter users, hide particular sections, etc. Call me obsessive, but it rankles me to have to push that button every time I get to the page instead of seeing the most recent post.

OK, Rant over! I'll go back to pushing the refresh button again and again and again...

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Unless I'm mistaken (a very real possibility!), that won't log me in.

Two options for you:

1. When logging in check "remember me on the computer" field; then further log in is not necessary.
2. If 1. is not possible (e.g. shared computer), first log in, then click (choose, type, ...) the suggested bookmark. Because the session is stored in a cookie, you won't lose it. BTW, the given link is exactly the same as the one you click on "Recent Threads" page to move the legend down.

If you want a one-click link to a RAT page with the legend on the bottom, you could add the following to the list of links in your personal nodelet:

[href://?node_id=397425;showlegend=bottom|Recently Active Threads]
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If you don't know about it already, your personal nodelet lets you build a list of your favorite pages in Perl Monks. To activate your personal nodelet,

1. Go into your user settings (there is a link at the top of your user page).
2. On the user settings page, choose the "Nodelet Settings" link. This brings you to a page with a list of nodelets (the things in the sidebar of the default user page).
3. You can use the nodelet settings page to select and rearrange the nodelets - just fill in the boxes next to each nodelet name with a number indicating the order in which you want the nodelet to appear on your sidebar.

For more information on creating custom shortcuts, see What shortcuts can I use for linking to other information?.

Best, beth

Color me puzzled. The legend is at the bottom of my RAT page, and I've done nothing to put it there that I know of. I'm using the green theme, if that makes any difference.

Using Perl-Blue and it's at the top for me. Are you sure you are not using a special link?

Elda Taluta; Sarks Sark; Ark Arks

I was originally using Perl-Blue but when hervius mentioned that "Legend" was at the bottom on his Recent Threads page, I switched to his Green color scheme.

Sigh...Alas, no help. Same position smack dab on top.

I really hadn't diddled around with Personal Nodelet settings, etc. till after I ran into this annoyance. Perhaps that will offer a solution to this issue and streamline my monastery visits in a variety of other ways to boot!

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To hide the legend you can add the following to "On-Site CSS Markup" on your Display Settings page.

#nnt-legend { display: none; }
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I don't know CSS to put it to the bottom without changes to the HTML.

update: Maybe this will work for moving the legend closer to the bottom. Not well tested, but it seems to work for me at the moment

#nodethreads { position: relative; padding-bottom: 12em; }
#nnt-legend { position: absolute; bottom: 0px; }
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Thanks, ig!

I had a suspicion that a potential solution might be available through the use of "On Site CSS Markup" but am not familiar enough with CSS to have done this without pulling out a bunch of dusty books.

Tye has made the position "sticky" but I'll probably use your solutions to remove it altogether. After all, once you've read and comprehended the Legend who needs it anymore?

Thanks for the fix!

Wamest regards

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