Scroll Automatically to the Bottom of the Page

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I have a list of questions. When I click on the first question, it should automatically take me to a specific element at the bottom of the page.

How can I do this with jQuery?

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jQuery isn’t necessary. Most of the top results I got from a Google search gave me this answer:

window.scrollTo(0, document.body.scrollHeight);

Where you have nested elements, the document might not scroll. In this case, you need to target the element that scrolls and use it’s scroll height instead.

window.scrollTo(0, document.querySelector(".scrollingContainer").scrollHeight);

You can tie that to the onclick event of your question (i.e. <div onclick="ScrollToBottom()" ...).

Some additional sources you can take a look at:

  • http://www.sourcetricks.com/2010/07/javascript-scroll-to-bottom-of-page.html
  • http://www.alecjacobson.com/weblog/?p=753
  • http://www.mediacollege.com/internet/javascript/page/scroll.html
  • http://www.electrictoolbox.com/jquery-scroll-bottom/

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