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scrollByPages method

Browser support:

Scrolls the contents of the document vertically by the specified number of pages.

This method performs the same action as when the page-down or page-up region of the vertical scrollbar is clicked.
In Internet Explorer, use the doScroll method to simulate a user action on a scroll-bar component.

The scrollByPages method is only supported by Firefox, use the cross-browser scrollBy method instead.

Syntax:

object.scrollByPages (numberOfPages);

You can find the related objects in the Supported by objects section below.

Parameters:

numberOfPages

Required. Integer that specifies the number of pages to scroll.

Return value:

This method has no return value.

Example HTML code 1:

This example shows how to scroll the document window by the specified number of pages:

<span>First line.</span>
<button onclick="window.scrollByPages (1);">Scroll the document vertically by one page!</button>
<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
<span>Second line.</span>
<button onclick="window.scrollByPages (1);">Scroll the document vertically by one page!</button>
<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
<span>Third line.</span>
<button onclick="window.scrollByPages (1);">Scroll the document vertically by one page!</button>
<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
<span>Fourth line.</span>