Window: screenY property

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 screenY read-only property of the Window interface returns the vertical distance, in CSS pixels, from the top border of the user's browser window to the top side of the screen.

Note: Window.screenTop is an alias of the older screenY property. screenTop was originally supported only in IE but was introduced everywhere due to popularity.

Value

A number equal to the number of CSS pixels from the top edge of the browser window to the top edge of the screen.

Examples

In our screenleft-screentop example, you'll see a canvas onto which has been drawn a circle. In this example we are using Window.screenLeft/Window.screenTop plus Window.requestAnimationFrame() to constantly redraw the circle in the same physical position on the screen, even if the window position is moved.

See Window.screenLeft for more information.

Specifications

Specification
CSSOM View Module
# dom-window-screeny

Browser compatibility

See also