window.moveBy

Moves the current window by a specified amount.

Syntax

window.moveBy(deltaX, deltaY) 

Parameters

• deltaX is the amount of pixels to move the window horizontally.
• deltaY is the amount of pixels to move the window vertically.

Example

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

Notes

You can use negative numbers as parameters for this function. This function makes a relative move while window.moveTo makes an absolute move.

Since Firefox 7, it's no longer possible for a web site to move a window in a browser, according to the following rules:

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.

Specification

Specification	Status	Comment
CSS Object Model (CSSOM) View Module The definition of 'window.moveBy()' in that specification.	Working Draft

See also

• window.moveTo