How to scroll HTML page to given anchor?

Question

I’d like to make the browser to scroll the page to a given anchor, just by using JavaScript.

I have specified a name or id attribute in my

Answer 1

function scrollTo(hash) {
    location.hash = "#" + hash;
}

No jQuery required at all!

Answer 2

Great solution by jAndy, but the smooth scroll seems to be having issues working in firefox.

Writing it this way works in Firefox as well.

(function($) {
    $(document).ready(function() {
         $('html, body').animate({
           'scrollTop':   $('#anchorName2').offset().top
         }, 2000);
    });
})(jQuery);

Answer 3

A pure javascript solution without JQuery. Tested on Chrome & I.e, not tested on IOS

function ScrollTo(name) {
  ScrollToResolver(document.getElementById(name));
}

function ScrollToResolver(elem) {
  var jump = parseInt(elem.getBoundingClientRect().top * .2);
  document.body.scrollTop += jump;
  document.documentElement.scrollTop += jump;
  if (!elem.lastjump || elem.lastjump > Math.abs(jump)) {
    elem.lastjump = Math.abs(jump);
    setTimeout(function() { ScrollToResolver(elem);}, "100");
  } else {
    elem.lastjump = null;
  }
}

demo: https://jsfiddle.net/jd7q25hg/12/

Answer 4

This works:

$('.scroll').on("click", function(e) {

  e.preventDefault();

  var dest = $(this).attr("href");

  $("html, body").animate({

    'scrollTop':   $(dest).offset().top

  }, 2000);

});

https://jsfiddle.net/68pnkfgd/

Just add the class 'scroll' to any links you wish to animate

Answer 5

Way simpler:

var element_to_scroll_to = document.getElementById('anchorName2');
// Or:
var element_to_scroll_to = document.querySelectorAll('.my-element-class')[0];
// Or:
var element_to_scroll_to = $('.my-element-class')[0];
// Basically `element_to_scroll_to` just have to be a reference
// to any DOM element present on the page
// Then:
element_to_scroll_to.scrollIntoView();

Answer 6

a vue2 solution ... add simple data property to simply force the update

  const app = new Vue({ 
  ... 

  , updated: function() {
           this.$nextTick(function() {
           var uri = window.location.href
           var anchor = ( uri.indexOf('#') === -1 ) ? '' : uri.split('#')[1]
           if ( String(anchor).length > 0 && this.updater === 'page_load' ) {
              this.updater = "" // only on page-load !
              location.href = "#"+String(anchor)
           }
         })
        }
     });
     app.updater = "page_load"

 /* smooth scrolling in css - works in html5 only */
 html, body {
     scroll-behavior: smooth;
 }