The Window pageYOffset property is used for returning the pixels of the current document which have been scrolled from the upper left corner of the window vertically. It is a read-only property and it returns a number that represents the number of pixels that the document has already been scrolled from the upper left corner of the window vertically.
Syntax:
window.pageYOffset
Below program illustrates the Window pageYOffset Property :
Getting the pixels that the document has already been scrolled from the upper left corner of the window vertically.
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
< html >
< head >
< title >
Window pageYOffset Property in HTML
</ title >
< style >
h1 {
color: green;
}
h2 {
font-family: Impact;
}
body {
text-align: center;
}
div {
border: 2px black;
background-color: yellow;
height: 2000px;
width: 200px;
}
</ style >
</ head >
< body >
< h1 >GeeksforGeeks</ h1 >
< h2 >Window pageYOffset Property</ h2 >
< p >
For returning pixels that the document has already
been scrolled from the upper left corner of the
window vertically, double click the "Check
pageYOffset" button:
</ p >
< button ondblclick="offset()" >
Check pageYOffset
</ button >
< div >
</ div >
< script >
function offset() {
window.scrollBy(100, 100);
alert("pageYOffset : " + window.pageYOffset);
}
</ script >
</ body >
</ html >
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Output:

After clicking the button
Supported Browsers: The browser supported by Window pageYOffset Property are listed below:
- Google Chrome 1 and above
- Edge 12 and above
- Internet Explorer 9 and above
- Firefox 1 and above
- Opera 3 and above
- Safari 1 and above