jquery how to get the page's current screen top position?

Question

jquery how to get the page\'s current screen top position?

If I scroll my mouse wheel to some part of the page, how do I get the page\'s current top position?

Answer 1

var top = $('html').offset().top;

should do it.

edit: this is the negative of $(document).scrollTop()

Answer 2

Use this to get the page scroll position.

var screenTop = $(document).scrollTop();

$('#content').css('top', screenTop);