How do I get the scroll position of a document?

Question

How to get the scroll position value of a document?

Answer 1

$(document).height() //returns window height

$(document).scrollTop() //returns scroll position from top of document

Answer 2

If you are using Jquery 1.6 or above, use prop to access the value.

$(document).prop('scrollHeight')

Previous versions used to get the value from attr but not post 1.6.

Answer 3

Try this:

var scrollHeight = $(scrollable)[0] == document ? document.body.scrollHeight : $(scrollable)[0].scrollHeight;