Scroll to the top of the page using JavaScript/jQuery
Last Updated :
11 Jul, 2025
Given a webpage and the task is to scroll to the top of the page using jQuery.
A scrollable page can be scrolled to the top using 2 approaches:
The scrollTo() method of the window Interface can be used to scroll to a specified location on the page. It accepts 2 parameters the x and y coordinate of the page to scroll to. Passing both the parameters as 0 will scroll the page to the topmost and leftmost points.
Syntax:
window.scrollTo(x-coordinate, y-coordinate)
Example: In this example, we have used window.scrollTo() method.
html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>
Scroll to the top of the
page using JavaScript/jQuery?
</title>
<style>
.scroll {
height: 1000px;
background-color: lightgreen;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1 style="color: green">
GeeksforGeeks
</h1>
<b>Scroll to the top of the page
using JavaScript/jQuery?</b>
<p>Click on the button below to
scroll to the top of the page.</p>
<p class="scroll">GeeksforGeeks is a
computer science portal. This is a
large scrollable area.</p>
<button onclick="scrollToTop()">
Click to scroll to top
</button>
<script>
function scrollToTop() {
window.scrollTo(0, 0);
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
Output:
In jQuery, the scrollTo() method is used to set or return the vertical scrollbar position for a selected element. This behavior can be used to scroll to the top of the page by applying this method on the window property. Setting the position parameter to 0 scrolls the page to the top.
Syntax:
$(window).scrollTop(position);
Example: In this example, e have used scrollTop() method.
html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>
Scroll to the top of the
page using JavaScript/jQuery?
</title>
<style>
.scroll {
height: 1000px;
background-color: lightgreen;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1 style="color: green">
GeeksforGeeks
</h1>
<b>
Scroll to the top of the page
using JavaScript/jQuery?
</b>
<p>
Click on the button below to
scroll to the top of the page.
</p>
<p class="scroll">
GeeksforGeeks is a computer
science portal.
This is a large scrollable area.
</p>
<button onclick="scrollToTop()">
Click to scroll to top
</button>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.3.1.min.js">
</script>
<script>
function scrollToTop() {
$(window).scrollTop(0);
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
Output:
JavaScript is best known for web page development but it is also used in a variety of non-browser environments. You can learn JavaScript from the ground up by following this JavaScript Tutorial and JavaScript Examples.
jQuery is an open-source JavaScript library that simplifies the interactions between an HTML/CSS document, It is widely famous for it's philosophy of “Write less, do more". You can learn jQuery from the ground up by following this jQuery Tutorial and jQuery Examples.