Window: scrollTo() method
Window.scrollTo()
scrolls to a particular set of
coordinates in the document.
Syntax
scrollTo(xCoord, yCoord)
scrollTo(options)
Parameters
xCoord
-
The pixel along the horizontal axis of the document that you want displayed in the upper left.
yCoord
-
The pixel along the vertical axis of the document that you want displayed in the upper left.
options
-
An object containing the following properties:
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
window.scrollTo(0, 1000);
Using options
:
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
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