Window scrollTo() method

JavaScript Window Object

scrollTo()the method scrolls the document to the specified coordinate position.

The scrollTo() method scrolls the document to an absolute position, whilewindow.scrollBy()Scroll the document by the specified number of pixels.

For information on scrollable elements, seeelement.scrollTopandelement.scrollLeft.

Syntax:

window.scrollTo(x-coord,　y-coord)

<button onclick="window.scrollTo(5">Click</button>

Browser compatibility

All browsers fully support the scrollTo() method:

Parameter Value

Technical Details

More Examples

Vertical Document Scrolling500 pixels:

<button onclick="window.scrollTo(0,　500);">Click</button>

Horizontal and Vertical Document Scrolling:

<button onclick="window.scrollTo(0,　50)">Scroll Down</button>
<button onclick="window.scrollTo(0,　-50)">Scroll Up</button>
<button onclick="window.scrollTo(300,　0)">Scroll Right</button>
<button onclick="window.scrollTo(-300,　0)">Scroll Left</button>

Related References

Window (Window) Reference:window.scrollBy() method

HTML DOM Reference:element .scrollLeft property

HTML DOM Reference:element .scrollTop property

JavaScript Window Object