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Window: scrollByLines() method

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The Window.scrollByLines() method scrolls the document by the specified number of lines.

Syntax

scrollByLines(lines)

Parameters

  • lines
    • : The number of lines to scroll the document by. It may be a positive or negative integer.

Return value

None (undefined).

Examples

<button id="scroll-up">Up 5 lines</button>
<button id="scroll-down">Down 5 lines</button>
document.getElementById("scroll-up").addEventListener("click", () => {
  window.scrollByLines(-5);
});
document.getElementById("scroll-down").addEventListener("click", () => {
  window.scrollByLines(5);
});

Specifications

This is not part of any specification.

Browser compatibility

Browser compatibilityCompatibility data is available on the canonical MDN page.

See also