IE8 alternative to window.scrollY?

Question

I'm trying to determine how many pixels down I've scrolled using window.scrollY. But this isn't supported in IE8. What is the safe, cross-browser alternative?

Answer 1

In angular, we use:

  var windowEl = angular.element($window);
  scrolldist = windowEl.scrollTop();

Answer 2

If you're using jQuery, I used $(window).scrollTop() to get the Y position in IE 8. It seemed to work.