How to scroll automatically to a particular element using JQuery?

Last Updated : 03 Aug, 2021

The task is to scroll to a particular element automatically. Below are the approaches: Approach 1:

Get the height of the element by .position().top property.
Use .scrollTop() method to set the vertical position of the scrollbar equal to the calculated height of the particular element.

Example 1: This example uses the approach discussed above.

html

<!DOCTYPE HTML> <html>  <head>     <title>         How to scroll automatically to a particular element.     </title>     <style>         #GFG_DOWN {             margin-top: 370px;         }     </style>     <script src= "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js">     </script> </head>  <body style="text-align:center;">     <h1 style="color:green;">               GeeksForGeeks           </h1>     <p id="GFG_UP"         style="font-size: 15px;               font-weight: bold;">     </p>     <button onclick="gfg_Run()">         Click Here     </button>     <p id="GFG_DOWN"        style="color:green;               font-size: 30px;                font-weight: bold;">         This is element.     </p>     <script>         var el_up = document.getElementById("GFG_UP");         var el_down = document.getElementById("GFG_DOWN");         el_up.innerHTML =  "Click on the button to scroll to the particular element.";          function gfg_Run() {             $(window).scrollTop($('#GFG_DOWN').position().top);         }     </script> </body>  </html>

Output:

Before clicking on the button:
After clicking on the button:

Approach 2:

Get the height of the element by .offset().top property.
Use .animate() method to animate to the element.

Example 2: This example uses the approach discussed above.

html

<!DOCTYPE HTML> <html>  <head>     <title>         How to scroll automatically to a particular element.     </title>     <style>         #GFG_DOWN {             margin-top: 400px;         }     </style>     <script src= "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js">     </script> </head>  <body style="text-align:center;">     <h1 style="color:green;">               GeeksForGeeks           </h1>     <p id="GFG_UP"         style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;">     </p>     <button onclick="gfg_Run()">         Click Here     </button>     <p id="GFG_DOWN"         style="color:green;                font-size: 30px;               font-weight: bold;">         This is element.     </p>     <script>         var el_up = document.getElementById("GFG_UP");         var el_down = document.getElementById("GFG_DOWN");         el_up.innerHTML =  "Click on the button to scroll to the particular element.";          function gfg_Run() {             $('html, body').animate({                 scrollTop: $("#GFG_DOWN").offset().top             }, 500);         }     </script> </body>  </html>

Output:

Before clicking on the button:
After clicking on the button:

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