History.scrollRestoration
The scrollRestoration
property of History
interface allows web applications to explicitly set default scroll restoration behavior
on history navigation.
Value
One of the followings:
auto
-
The location on the page to which the user has scrolled will be restored.
manual
-
The location on the page is not restored. The user will have to scroll to the location manually.
Examples
Query the current scroll restoration behavior.
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
if (history.scrollRestoration) {
history.scrollRestoration = 'manual';
}
Specifications
Specification |
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HTML Standard # dom-history-scroll-restoration-dev |
Browser compatibility
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