Window scrollTo()

Example

Scroll the document to the horizontal position 500:

window.scrollTo(500, 0);
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Scroll the document to the vertical position 500:

window.scrollTo(0, 500);
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More examples below.


Description

The scrollTo() method scrolls the document to specified coordinates.

Note

For the scrollTo() method to work, the document must be larger than the screen, and the scrollbar must be visible.

See Also:

The scrollBy() method.


Syntax

window.scrollTo(x, y)
or just:
scrollTo(x, y)

Parameters

Parameter Description
x Required.
The coordinate to scroll to (horizontally), in pixels.
y Required.
The coordinate to scroll to (vertically), in pixels.

Return Value

NONE


More Examples

Scroll the document to position 300 horizontally and 500 vertically:

window.scrollTo(300, 500);
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Browser Support

scrollTo() is supported in all browsers:

Chrome Edge Firefox Safari Opera IE
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes


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