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Created October 3, 2019 13:09
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Bug that window.scrollTo running immediately works in firefox, but not chrome, and can be fixed with a setTimeout(callback, 0)
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge">
<title>Document</title>
<style>
body {
width: 10000px;
}
h1 {
position: relative;
display: inline-block;
left: 6000px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Hey</h1>
<script>
// Does not work in Chrome
// window.scrollTo({
// left: 6000
// });
// Does work in Chrome
setTimeout(() => {
window.scrollTo({
left: 6000
});
}, 0);
</script>
</body>
</html>
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