strange behaviour of Chrome at window.scrollTo()

Question

i'm using this:

<head>
    <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="5; URL=<?php $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ?>">
</head>

for reloading the page every 5 seconds.
i'm using this:

<script type="text/javascript">
    window.scrollTo(0, document.body.scrollHeight);
</script>

for scrolling down if necessary.
It works fine with Firefox and Internet Explorer but Chrome scrolls only once when loading the page for the first time. Only when I switch the tab (e.g. Ctrl+t) and go back after 5 seconds (Ctrl+w) Chrome scrolls down to the bottom. This is strange! Do I use window.scroll incorrectly or does Chrome behave incorrectly?
Are there any other possibilities for scrolling to the bottom?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 07 '13 at 12:15

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I found the problem: While the page is loading, Chrome has a problem with scroll commands. Solution:

<body onload="setTimeout(function(){window.scrollTo(0,document.body.scrollHeight)}, 1000);">

This works, if loading of page doesn't last more than 1 second (1000 milliseconds).

answered Mar 07 '13 at 12:15

Michael Banucu

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What about slow networks? I don't think this would work on every case. – tugce Oct 26 '17 at 22:48

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 06 '13 at 23:28

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Have you tried using window.scroll() as an alternative?

window.scroll(x, y);

answered Mar 06 '13 at 23:28

dsgriffin

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@user2142034 It doesn't? Hmm.. you want scrollBottom right? Check this workaround out - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4655273/jquery-window-scrolltop-but-no-window-scrollbottom – dsgriffin Mar 06 '13 at 23:34

strange behaviour of Chrome at window.scrollTo()

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