Window.scrollTo()
scrolls to a particular set of coordinates in the document.
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Window: scrollTo() method
Syntax
js
scrollTo(x-coord, y-coord)
scrollTo(options)
Parameters
x-coord
is the pixel along the horizontal axis of the document that you want displayed in the upper left.y-coord
is the pixel along the vertical axis of the document that you want displayed in the upper left.
- or -
-
options
-
A dictionary containing the following parameters:
-
top
-
Specifies the number of pixels along the Y axis to scroll the window or element.
-
left
-
Specifies the number of pixels along the X axis to scroll the window or element.
-
behavior
-
Determines whether scrolling is instant or animates smoothly. This option is a string which must take one of the following values:
smooth
: scrolling should animate smoothlyinstant
: scrolling should happen instantly in a single jumpauto
: scroll behavior is determined by the computed value ofscroll-behavior
-
Return value
None (undefined
).
Examples
js
window.scrollTo(0, 1000);
Using options
:
js
window.scrollTo({
top: 100,
left: 100,
behavior: "smooth",
});
Notes
Window.scroll()
is effectively the same as this method. For relative scrolling, see Window.scrollBy()
, Window.scrollByLines()
, and Window.scrollByPages()
.
For scrolling elements, see Element.scrollTop
and Element.scrollLeft
.
Specifications
Specification |
---|
CSSOM View Module # dom-window-scrollto |
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 | |
scrollTo |
1 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | 10.1 | 1 | 1.0 |
options_behavior_parameter |
61 | 79 | 36 | No | 48 |
14Safari does not have support for thesmooth scroll behavior.
|
61 | 61 | 36 | 45 |
14Safari does not have support for thesmooth scroll behavior.
|
8.0 |
options_left_parameter |
41 | 79 | 36 | No | 28 | 10.1 | 41 | 41 | 36 | 28 | 10.3 | 4.0 |
options_top_parameter |
41 | 79 | 36 | No | 28 | 10.1 | 41 | 41 | 36 | 28 | 10.3 | 4.0 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/scrollTo