Get UIScrollView to scroll to the top

Question

How do I make a UIScrollView scroll to the top?

Answer 1

UPDATE FOR iOS 7

[self.scrollView setContentOffset:
    CGPointMake(0, -self.scrollView.contentInset.top) animated:YES];

ORIGINAL

[self.scrollView setContentOffset:CGPointZero animated:YES];

or if you want to preserve the horizontal scroll position and just reset the vertical position:

[self.scrollView setContentOffset:CGPointMake(self.scrollView.contentOffset.x, 0)
    animated:YES];

Answer 2

It's very common when your navigation bar overlaps the small portion of the scrollView content and it looks like content starts not from the top. For fixing it I did 2 things:

• Size Inspector - Scroll View - Content Insets --> Change from Automatic to Never.
• Size Inspector - Constraints- "Align Top to" (Top Alignment Constraints)- Second item --> Change from Superview.Top to Safe Area.Top and the value(constant field) set to 0

Answer 3

Scroll to top for UITableViewController, UICollectionViewController or any UIViewController having UIScrollView

extension UIViewController {

  func scrollToTop(animated: Bool) {
    if let tv = self as? UITableViewController {
        tv.tableView.setContentOffset(CGPoint.zero, animated: animated)
    } else if let cv = self as? UICollectionViewController{
        cv.collectionView?.setContentOffset(CGPoint.zero, animated: animated)
    } else {
        for v in view.subviews {
            if let sv = v as? UIScrollView {
                sv.setContentOffset(CGPoint.zero, animated: animated)
            }
        }
    }
  }
}

Answer 4

For Swift 4

scrollView.setContentOffset(.zero, animated: true)

Answer 5

Answer for Swift 2.0/3.0/4.0 and iOS 7+:

let desiredOffset = CGPoint(x: 0, y: -self.scrollView.contentInset.top)
self.scrollView.setContentOffset(desiredOffset, animated: true)

Answer 6

I think I have an answer that should be fully compatible with iOS 11 as well as prior versions (for vertical scrolling)

This takes into account the new adjustedContentInset and also accounts for the additional offset required when prefersLargeTitles is enabled on the navigationBar which appears to require an extra 52px offset on top of whatever the default is

This was a little tricky because the adjustedContentInset changes depending on the titleBar state (large title vs small title) so I needed to check and see what the titleBar height was and not apply the 52px offset if its already in the large state. Couldn't find any other method to check the state of the navigationBar so if anyone has a better option than seeing if the height is > 44.0 I'd like to hear it

func scrollToTop(_ scrollView: UIScrollView, animated: Bool = true) {
    if #available(iOS 11.0, *) {
        let expandedBar = (navigationController?.navigationBar.frame.height ?? 64.0 > 44.0)
        let largeTitles = (navigationController?.navigationBar.prefersLargeTitles) ?? false
        let offset: CGFloat = (largeTitles && !expandedBar) ? 52: 0
        scrollView.setContentOffset(CGPoint(x: 0, y: -(scrollView.adjustedContentInset.top + offset)), animated: animated)
    } else {
        scrollView.setContentOffset(CGPoint(x: 0, y: -scrollView.contentInset.top), animated: animated)
    }
}

Inspired by Jakub's solution