jQuery - scrollLeft( val ) Method

Description

The scrollLeft( val ) method is used to set scroll left offset to the passed value on all matched elements.

This method works for both visible and hidden elements.

Syntax

Here is the simple syntax to use this method −

selector.scrollLeft( val )

Parameters

Here is the description of all the parameters used by this method −

val − A positive number representing the desired scroll left offset.

Example

Following is a simple example a simple showing the usage of this method −

Live Demo

<html>
   <head>
      <title>The jQuery Example</title>
      <script type = "text/javascript" 
         src = "https://www.tutorialspoint.com/jquery/jquery-3.6.0.js">
      </script>
		
      <script type = "text/javascript" language = "javascript">
         $(document).ready(function(){
            $("div.demo").scrollLeft(300);
         });
      </script>
		
      <style>
         div.demo {background:#CCCCCC none repeat scroll 0 0; 
            border:3px solid #666666; 
            margin:5px; padding:5px; position:relative; 
            width:200px; height:100px; overflow:auto;}
         p { margin:10px; padding:5px; border:2px solid #666; 
            width:1000px; height:1000px;}
      </style>
   </head>
	
   <body>
      <div class = "demo"><p>Hello</p></div>
   </body>
</html>

This will produce following result −

jquery-css.htm