Window.moveBy()

The moveBy() method of the Window interface moves the current window by a specified amount.

Note: This function moves the window relative to its current location. In contrast, window.moveTo() moves the window to an absolute location.

Syntax

window.moveBy(deltaX, deltaY)

Parameters

  • deltaX is the amount of pixels to move the window horizontally. Positive values are to the right, while negative values are to the left.
  • deltaY is the amount of pixels to move the window vertically. Positive values are down, while negative values are up.

Example

This example moves the window 10 pixels to the right and 10 pixels up.

function budge() {
  moveBy(10, -10);
}

Specifications

Specification
CSSOM View Module (CSSOM View)
# dom-window-moveby

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
moveBy
1
12
1
4
≤12.1
1
1
18
4
≤12.1
1
1.0

As of Firefox 7, websites can no longer move a browser window in the following cases:

  1. You can't move a window or tab that wasn’t created by Window.open().
  2. You can't move a window or tab when it’s in a window with more than one tab.

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/moveBy