The scrollingElement read-only property of the Document interface returns a reference to the Element that scrolls the document. In standards mode, this is the root element of the document, document.documentElement.
When in quirks mode, the scrollingElement attribute returns the HTML body element (or null if it does not exist).
Syntax
var element = document.scrollingElement;
Example
var scrollElm = document.scrollingElement; scrollElm.scrollTop = 0;
Specifications
| Specification | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| CSS Object Model (CSSOM) View Module The definition of 'scrollingElement' in that specification. |
Working Draft | Initial definition |
Browser compatibility
| Feature | Chrome | Edge | Firefox (Gecko) | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic support | 44.0 | (Yes) | 48.0 (48.0)[1] | No support | 33.0 | 9.0 |
| Feature | Android | Edge | Firefox Mobile (Gecko) | Firefox OS | IE Mobile | Opera Mobile | Safari Mobile | Chrome for Android |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic support | No support | (Yes) | ? | ? | No support | 36 | 9.0 | 44.0 |
[1] This feature was initially implemented in Gecko 47.0 (Firefox 47.0 / Thunderbird 47.0 / SeaMonkey 2.44) behind the preference dom.document.scrollingElement.enabled, defaulting to true on Nightly builds and false otherwise. In Gecko 48.0 (Firefox 48.0 / Thunderbird 48.0 / SeaMonkey 2.45) the feature got enabled by default and the preference removed.
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