Using scrollIntoView with a fixed position header

Question

I have a site with a header set to position: fixed. On one of my pages, I use scrollIntoView(true) on an element. My problem is that when scr

Answer 1

If anybody runs into issues with the top margin of your container div being ignored after a scrollIntoView, then instead of scrolling your element into view, just do a scrollTop relative to its parent scrolling container, as such:

var topOfElementToView= $('#elementToScroll').position().top;
$('#parentScrollingContainer').scrollTop(topOfElementToView);

Got the answer from user113716 on this thread: How to go to a specific element on page?