Given a HTML document and the task is to scroll the document with the help of jQuery. There are two methods to scroll the HTML document window which are discussed below:
Approach:
- Select the document by using selector.
- Use either of the scrollTop() or scrollTo() method to move the document to that position.
Example 1: This example using the scrollTop() method to scroll the HTML document.
<!DOCTYPE HTML>  < html >    < head >     < title >         How to scroll window using jQuery ?     </ title >           < script src =     </ script >           < style >         #body {             height: 1000px;         }     </ style > </ head >   < body style = "text-align:center;" id = "body" >            < h1 id = "h1" style = "color:green;" >          GeeksForGeeks      </ h1 >           < p id = "GFG_UP" style =         "font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;" >     </ p >           < button onclick = "gfg_Run()" >         Click here     </ button >           < p id = "GFG_DOWN" style =         "font-size: 23px; font-weight: bold; color: green; " >     </ p >           < script >         var el_up = document.getElementById("GFG_UP");         var el_down = document.getElementById("GFG_DOWN");                   el_up.innerHTML = "Click on the button to scroll"                         + " the document.";                   function gfg_Run() {             $(document).scrollTop(100);             el_down.innerHTML = "Position has been set.";         }             </ script > </ body >    </ html > |
Output:
- Before clicking on the button:
- After clicking on the button:
Example 2: This example using the scrollTo() method to scroll the HTML document.
<!DOCTYPE HTML>  < html >    < head >     < title >         How to scroll window using jQuery ?     </ title >           < script src =     </ script >           < style >         #body {             height: 1000px;         }     </ style > </ head >   < body style = "text-align:center;" id = "body" >            < h1 id = "h1" style = "color:green;" >          GeeksForGeeks      </ h1 >           < p id = "GFG_UP" style =         "font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;" >     </ p >           < button onclick = "gfg_Run()" >         Click here     </ button >           < p id = "GFG_DOWN" style =         "font-size: 23px; font-weight: bold; color: green; " >     </ p >           < script >         var el_up = document.getElementById("GFG_UP");         var el_down = document.getElementById("GFG_DOWN");                   el_up.innerHTML = "Click on the button to scroll"                         + " the document.";                   function gfg_Run() {             window.scrollTo(0, 100);             el_down.innerHTML = "Position has been set.";         }             </ script > </ body >    </ html > |
Output:
- Before clicking on the button:
- After clicking on the button: