window.scrollBy

Scrolls the document in the window by the given amount.

Syntax

window.scrollBy(X, Y);

Parameters

• X is the offset in pixels to scroll horizontally.
• Y is the offset in pixels to scroll vertically.

Positive co-ordinates will scroll to the right and down the page. Negative values will scroll to the left and up the page.

Example

// scroll one page 
window.scrollBy(0, window.innerHeight);

Notes

window.scrollBy scrolls by a particular amount where window.scroll scrolls to an absolute position in the document. See also window.scrollByLines, window.scrollByPages

Specification

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