JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, Fourth Edition

Name

Window.scrollTo( ) — scroll the document

Availability

JavaScript 1.2

Synopsis

                  window.scrollTo(x, y)

Arguments

x

The document X-coordinate that is to appear at the left edge of the window’s document display area.

y

The document Y-coordinate that is to appear at the top of the window’s document display area.

Description

scrollTo( ) scrolls the document displayed within window so the point in the document specified by the x- and y-coordinates is displayed in the upper-left corner, if possible.

scrollTo( ) is preferred over the JavaScript 1.1 Window.scroll( ) method, which does the same thing but has an inadequately descriptive name.