How to use window.scroll to automatically scroll on pageload?

Question

function Scrolldown() {
        window.scroll(0,300); 
    }

How can I use this function (or a similar one) to automatically scroll down when the page loads? (without clicking a link)

Regards,

taylor

Michael Robinson · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-10T07:08:27.973

14

Give this a try:

function Scrolldown() {
     window.scroll(0,300); 
}

window.onload = Scrolldown;

edited Jun 10 '11 at 07:08

answered Jun 10 '11 at 06:54

Michael Robinson

There shouldn't be parentheses with `Scrolldown`. That *calls* the function and assigns its *return value* to `window.onload`, whereas without the parentheses, it assigns the *function* to `window.onload`, which is what you should be after. – Casey Chu Jun 10 '11 at 06:59

score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 02 '13 at 14:26

8

you could include all of your javascript in an event. This will scroll to an element with an id.

<body onload="window.location='#myID';">

answered Jun 02 '13 at 14:26

user2445247

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 10 '11 at 06:58

You could use window.onload:

window.onload = Scrolldown;

I also want to point out that you could use an HTML anchor to indicate where to scroll to, so you don't have to hard-code the pixel value:

<div id="iWantToScrollHere" name="iWantToScrollHere">
    ...
</div>

...which would make your Scrolldown function:

function Scrolldown() {
    window.location.hash = '#iWantToScrollHere';
}

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 20 '17 at 06:23

0

well, another super simple script is here,

<script type="text/javascript">
window.onload = function(e){ 
    window.scrollBy(1,1);
}

it worked best for me.

answered Jun 20 '17 at 06:23

mindlogixtech

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 10 '11 at 07:05

you could include jquery:

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.1/jquery.min.js"></script>

and then wrap your scrolling thing in a document ready function:

$(document).ready(function(){

window.scroll(0,300);

});

then after that you don't need to do anything.

:)

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