Window.scrollTo()

Window.scrollTo() scrolls to a particular set of coordinates in the document.

Syntax

window.scrollTo(x-coord, y-coord)
window.scrollTo(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

Specifies whether the scrolling should animate smoothly (smooth), happen instantly in a single jump (instant), or let the browser choose (auto, default).

Examples

window.scrollTo(0, 1000);

Using options:

window.scrollTo({
  top: 100,
  left: 100,
  behavior: 'smooth'
});

Notes

Window.scroll() 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

Browser compatibility