History: scrollRestoration property
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The scrollRestoration
property of the History
interface allows web applications to explicitly set default scroll restoration behavior
on history navigation.
Value
Examples
Query the current scroll restoration behavior
js
const scrollRestoration = history.scrollRestoration;
if (scrollRestoration === "manual") {
console.log(
"The location on the page is not restored, user will need to scroll manually.",
);
}
Prevent automatic page location restoration
js
if (history.scrollRestoration) {
history.scrollRestoration = "manual";
}
Specifications
Specification |
---|
HTML Standard # dom-history-scroll-restoration-dev |
Browser compatibility
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