The moveTo() method of the Window interface moves the current window to the specified coordinates.
Note: This function moves the window to an absolute location. In contrast, window.moveBy() moves the window relative to its current location.
Window.moveTo()
Syntax
moveTo(x, y)
Parameters
-
xis the horizontal coordinate to be moved to. -
yis the vertical coordinate to be moved to.
Examples
This example moves the window to the top-left corner of the screen.
function origin() { window.moveTo(0, 0); }
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| CSSOM View Module # dom-window-moveto |
Browser compatibility
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
moveTo |
1
|
12
|
1
|
4
|
≤12.1
|
1
|
1
|
18
|
4
|
≤12.1
|
1
|
1.0
|
As of Firefox 7, websites can no longer move a browser window in the following cases:
- You can't move a window or tab that wasn't created by
Window.open(). - You can't move a window or tab when it's in a window with more than one tab.
See also
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/moveTo
