[Solved ]Why doesn't scrollTop work in Meteor

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1

I’ve tried using scrollTop as well as scrollTop() and it always returns 0. How can this be, I’ve tried it like this:

    Template.myHome.events({
        "click .examine": function(event){
            event.preventDefault();

            varPos = event.clientY;
            var yPos = document.body.scrollTop;
            console.log("Y coords: " + yPos);
        }
    });

as well as using the JQuery version on several div’s within and including the body tag, again all giving me 0 or null.

All I simply want is to get the number of pixels traversed on the y-axis as the user scroll downs the page.

2

Two quick things:

if you run document.body.scrollTop in your console, do you see the expected value?

And, try throwing a console.log(event) in your event to make sure it’s firing correctly.

3

Actually even though document.body.scrollTop returns 0, your idea to look at the event showed that event.pageY showed the correct number of vertical pixels scrolled. I was able to use that instead to resolve this. Thanks

4

No worries, glad it helped!