---

title: "Element: scroll() method"

short-title: scroll()

slug: Web/API/Element/scroll

page-type: web-api-instance-method

browser-compat: api.Element.scroll

---

{{APIRef("CSSOM view API")}}

The **`scroll()`** method of the {{domxref("Element")}}

interface scrolls the element to a particular set of coordinates inside a given

element.

## Syntax

```js-nolint

scroll(xCoord, yCoord)

scroll(options)

```

### Parameters

- `xCoord`

- : The pixel along the horizontal axis of the element that you want displayed in the

upper left.

- `yCoord`

- : The pixel along the vertical axis of the element that you want displayed in the

upper left.

- `options`

- : An object containing the following properties:

- `top`

- : Specifies the number of pixels along the Y axis to scroll the window or element.

- `left`

- : Specifies the number of pixels along the X axis to scroll the window or element.

- `behavior`

- : Determines whether scrolling is instant or animates smoothly. This option is a string which must take one of the following values:

- `smooth`: scrolling should animate smoothly

- `instant`: scrolling should happen instantly in a single jump

- `auto`: scroll behavior is determined by the computed value of {{cssxref("scroll-behavior")}}

### Return value

None ({{jsxref("undefined")}}).

## Examples

```js

// Put the 1000th vertical pixel at the top of the element

element.scroll(0, 1000);

```

Using `options`:

```js

element.scroll({

top: 100,

left: 100,

behavior: "smooth",

});

```

## Specifications

{{Specifications}}

## Browser compatibility

{{Compat}}