How to jump to top of browser page

Question

I'm writing a modal popup and I need the browser to jump to the top of the screen when the open modal button is pressed. Is there a way to scroll the browser to the top using jQuery?

Answer 1

// When the user scrolls down 20px from the top of the document, show the button
window.onscroll = function() {scrollFunction()};

function scrollFunction() {
    if (document.body.scrollTop > 20 || document.documentElement.scrollTop > 20) {
        document.getElementById("myBtn").style.display = "block";
    } else {
        document.getElementById("myBtn").style.display = "none";
    }
   
}

// When the user clicks on the button, scroll to the top of the document
function topFunction() {
 
     $('html, body').animate({scrollTop:0}, 'slow');
}

body {
  font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
  font-size: 20px;
}

#myBtn {
  display: none;
  position: fixed;
  bottom: 20px;
  right: 30px;
  z-index: 99;
  font-size: 18px;
  border: none;
  outline: none;
  background-color: red;
  color: white;
  cursor: pointer;
  padding: 15px;
  border-radius: 4px;
}

#myBtn:hover {
  background-color: #555;
}

<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>

<button onclick="topFunction()" id="myBtn" title="Go to top">Top</button>

<div style="background-color:black;color:white;padding:30px">Scroll Down</div>
<div style="background-color:lightgrey;padding:30px 30px 2500px">This example demonstrates how to create a "scroll to top" button that becomes visible when the user starts to scroll the page.</div>

Answer 2

You could do it without javascript and simply use anchor tags? Then it would be accessible to those js free.

although as you are using modals, I assume you don't care about being js free. ;)

Answer 3

I know this is old, but for those having problems in Edge:

Plain JS: window.scrollTop=0;

Unfortunately, scroll() and scrollTo() throw errors in Edge.

Answer 4

you're using jQuery UI dialog, you could just style the modal to appear with the position fixed in the window so it doesn't pop-up out of view, negating the need to scroll. Other

Answer 5

Without animation, you can use plain JS:

scroll(0,0)

With animation, check Nick's answer.

Answer 6

You can set the scrollTop, like this:

$('html,body').scrollTop(0);

Or if you want a little animation instead of a snap to the top:

$('html, body').animate({ scrollTop: 0 }, 'fast');