Window: scroll() method

The Window.scroll() method scrolls the window to a particular place in the document.

Syntax

scroll(x-coord, y-coord)
scroll(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 smoothly
  • instant: scrolling should happen instantly in a single jump
  • auto: scroll behavior is determined by the computed value of scroll-behavior

Return value

None (undefined).

Examples

<!-- put the 100th vertical pixel at the top of the window -->

<button onclick="scroll(0, 100);">click to scroll to the 100th pixel</button>

Using options:

window.scroll({
  top: 100,
  left: 100,
  behavior: "smooth",
});

Notes

Window.scrollTo() 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-scroll

Browser compatibility

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See also