Applies To: SharePoint 2013+

By default, when you click on a different page using SharePoint’s Search Results web part’s paging links (shown underneath the search results) the next page of results is shown but you remain at the bottom of the page. This is super dumb.

This is really easy to fix and requires no custom code at all! There is a property (not exposed in the UI for some reason) called ScrollToTopOnRedraw that is False by default.

To apply this setting to your Search Results web part, simply export the web part. You can do this by choosing to Edit the page and choosing Export… in the web part dropdown menu:

Now, open the .webpart file in a text editor like Notepad and do a quick find for ScrollToTopOnRedraw. Then change the value from False to True and save the file:

Now, choose Delete in that same web part dropdown menu on the current Search Results web part. Then click the Add a Web Part button. Choose Upload a Web Part under the list of categories, then click Choose File and pick the .webpart file we saved a minute ago. Finally click the Upload button:

You’ll probably be asked if you want to leave the site. It’s safe to choose Leave.

Click the Add a Web Part button again. Choose the Imported Web Parts category and find your newly uploaded Search Results web part and click Add. You’ll likely have to update the Refinement Target for any refinement web parts on the page as well.

Now, when you page results you’ll be taken back to the top of the results each time!