HTML DOM Window pageXOffset Property

The Window pageXOffset property is used for returning the pixels of the current document which have been scrolled from the upper left corner of the window horizontally. It is a read-only property and it returns a number which represents the number of pixels that the document has already been scrolled from the upper left corner of the window horizontally.
Syntax:

window.pageXOffset

Return Value: It returns a Number that represents the number of pixels which the document has already been scrolled from the upper left corner of the window, horizontally.

Below program illustrates the Window pageXOffset Property :
Getting the pixels that the document has already been scrolled from the upper left corner of the window horizontally.

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <title>
      Window pageXOffset Property in HTML
    </title>
    <style>
        h1 {
            color: green;
        }
        
        h2 {
            font-family: Impact;
        }
        
        body {
            text-align: center;
        }
        
        div {
            border: 2px black;
            background-color: yellow;
            height: 100px;
            width: 2000px;
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body>

    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
    <h2>Window pageXOffset Property</h2>

    

<p>
      For returning pixels that the document has
      already been scrolled from the upper left 
      corner of the window horizontally, double 
      click the "Check pageXOffset" button:
    </p>



    <button ondblclick="offset()" style="position:fixed;">
        Check pageXOffset
    </button>

    <div>
    </div>

    <script>
        function offset() {
            window.scrollBy(100, 100);
            alert("pageXOffset : " + window.pageXOffset);
        }
    </script>

</body>

</html>

Output:

After clicking the button

Supported Browsers: The browser supported by Window pageXOffset 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

HTML DOM Window pageXOffset Property

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