DOM:window.scrollBy

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Contents 1 Summary 2 Syntax 3 Parameters 4 Example 5 Notes 6 Specification

[edit] Summary

Scrolls the document in the window by the given amount.

[edit] Syntax

window.scrollBy(X,Y);

[edit] Parameters

• X is the offset in pixels to scroll horizontally.
• Y is the offset in pixels to scroll vertically.

Positive co-ordinates will scroll to the right and down the page. Negative values will scroll to the left and up the page.

[edit] Example

// scroll one page 
window.scrollBy(0, window.innerHeight);

[edit] Notes

window.scrollBy scrolls by a particular amount where window.scroll scrolls to an absolute position in the document. See also window.scrollByLines, window.scrollByPages

[edit] Specification

DOM Level 0. Not part of specification.