Window: scrollByPages() method

Non-standard: This feature is non-standard and is not on a standards track. Do not use it on production sites facing the Web: it will not work for every user. There may also be large incompatibilities between implementations and the behavior may change in the future.

The Window.scrollByPages() method scrolls the current document by the specified number of pages.

Syntax

js
scrollByPages(pages)

Parameters

pages

The number of pages to scroll. It may be a positive or negative integer.

Return value

None (undefined).

Examples

js
// scroll down the document by 1 page
window.scrollByPages(1);

// scroll up the document by 1 page
window.scrollByPages(-1);

Specifications

DOM Level 0. Not part of specification.

Browser compatibility

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Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
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Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
scrollByPages
Non-standard

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Full support
Full support
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No support
Non-standard. Check cross-browser support before using.

See also