Window: moveTo() method

Baseline Widely available *

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

* Some parts of this feature may have varying levels of support.

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.

Syntax

js
moveTo(x, y)

Parameters

x

The horizontal coordinate to be moved to.

y

The vertical coordinate to be moved to.

Return value

None (undefined).

Examples

This example moves the window to the top-left corner of the screen.

js
function origin() {
  window.moveTo(0, 0);
}

Specifications

Specification
CSSOM View Module
# dom-window-moveto

Browser compatibility

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desktopmobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
moveTo
Moved relative to the Multi-screen origin

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Full support
Full support
Partial support
Partial support
See implementation notes.

As of Firefox 7, websites can no longer move a browser window in the following cases:

  1. You can't move a window or tab that wasn't created by Window.open().
  2. You can't move a window or tab when it's in a window with more than one tab.

Note: This function might not move the window synchronously. In some environments (like Wayland, or mobile) it might not move the window at all. Currently there's no way to listen to a move event, see CSS Working Group issue #7693.

See also