# Ionic get scroll position **URL:** \ **Category:** ionic-v3\ **Created:** [July 6, 2016, 5:50am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-get-scroll-position/56711 "2016-07-06T05:50:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![radbeta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a587f6/32.png) [@radbeta](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/radbeta)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 5:50am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-get-scroll-position/56711/1 "2016-07-06T05:50:47Z")
In ionic 2, how do you get the current scroll position like in ionic version 1? ---
**Author:** ![bengtler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/bengtler/32/98565_2.png) [@bengtler](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/bengtler)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 5:58am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-get-scroll-position/56711/2 "2016-07-06T05:58:16Z")
you can get the current ionContent / Scrollcontainer with the @ViewChild decorator of angular 2. > **[Ionic Framework](https://ionicframework.com/docs/api/components/content/Content/)** > > Ionic is the app platform for web developers. Build amazing mobile, web, and desktop apps all with one shared code base and open web standards ---
**Author:** ![radbeta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a587f6/32.png) [@radbeta](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/radbeta)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 6:11am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-get-scroll-position/56711/3 "2016-07-06T06:11:45Z")
the content variable will have the current scroll coordinates? ---
**Author:** ![bengtler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/bengtler/32/98565_2.png) [@bengtler](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/bengtler)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 6:13am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-get-scroll-position/56711/4 "2016-07-06T06:13:32Z")
you can call functions like getScrollTop > **[Ionic Framework](https://ionicframework.com/docs/api/components/content/Content/)** > > Ionic is the app platform for web developers. Build amazing mobile, web, and desktop apps all with one shared code base and open web standards ---
**Author:** ![radbeta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a587f6/32.png) [@radbeta](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/radbeta)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 6:17am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-get-scroll-position/56711/5 "2016-07-06T06:17:50Z")
ah, just tried it now. Thanks! I was looking for the scroll API under Scroll in the docs. Didn’t think it would be under content. ---
**Author:** ![piyukore](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/piyukore/32/102073_2.png) [@piyukore](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/piyukore)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 6:57am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-get-scroll-position/56711/6 "2016-07-06T06:57:07Z")
@bengtler Thank u so much, I was looking for that from a long time 😄 one more thing though, with getScrollTop or setScrollTop you can access or set scrollTop position. But is there any way to trigger a function when at certain scrollTop position? or like a scroll event where you have access to scrollTop position at all times? Thanks in advance! ---
**Author:** ![bengtler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/bengtler/32/98565_2.png) [@bengtler](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/bengtler)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 7:07am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-get-scroll-position/56711/7 "2016-07-06T07:07:23Z")
not, yet i think. But you can listen on all native dom-events `
` I do not know exactly the correct key, where the scrollposition is stored on the event object. ---
**Author:** ![piyukore](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/piyukore/32/102073_2.png) [@piyukore](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/piyukore)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 7:35am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-get-scroll-position/56711/8 "2016-07-06T07:35:12Z")
Yes, I already tried that, don’t know why but (scroll) event doesn’t seem to be working. Not triggering the function 🙁 Can you point me to the resourse, where you found that? ---
**Author:** ![bengtler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/bengtler/32/98565_2.png) [@bengtler](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/bengtler)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 7:50am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-get-scroll-position/56711/9 "2016-07-06T07:50:31Z")
maybe you are not scrolling the ionContent --\> there is a scroll-container in there, which scrolls 😟 ---
**Author:** ![piyukore](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/piyukore/32/102073_2.png) [@piyukore](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/piyukore)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 12:15pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-get-scroll-position/56711/10 "2016-07-06T12:15:47Z")
okay, I’ll try using that … Thanks for your help! ---
**Author:** ![dmastag](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/dmastag/32/104373_2.png) [@dmastag](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/dmastag)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-get-scroll-position/56711/11 "2016-08-21T16:40:41Z")
You could use the addScrollListener as explained in > [@"On-scroll" not working in \](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/on-scroll-not-working-in-ion-content/42041/2): > > The current way to do it is like this: HTML: \ JS: // Need to wait until the component has been initialized ngAfterViewInit() { // Here 'my-content' is the ID of my ion-content this.content = this.app.getComponent('my-content'); this.content.addScrollEventListener(this.onPageScroll); } onPageScroll() { console.log('They see me scrolling...'); } Where did you see an on-scroll attribute? Here is a working Plunkr in case you have difficulties implementing it. Just scroll away. > **[Plunker - Ionic 2 Test Environment](https://plnkr.co/edit/UThuNR?p=preview)** > > Created on https://plnkr.co: Helping you build the web. ---
**Author:** ![anoop\_gt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c6cbf5/32.png) [@anoop\_gt](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/anoop_gt)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 10:40am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-get-scroll-position/56711/12 "2016-11-08T10:40:09Z")
Hi , I am using an ion-scroll inside ion-toolbar with only horizontal scrolling enabled in IONIC 2. Scrolling is working smoothly. Is there any way to set the scroll position based on some condition? Thanks Anoop ---
**Author:** ![russell07](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/439d5e/32.png) [@russell07](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/russell07)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2017, 11:38am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-get-scroll-position/56711/13 "2017-11-18T11:38:57Z")
In the latest Ionic version, ngAfterViewInit() in home.ts requires changing to: ```auto this.content.ionScroll.subscribe(($event) => { this.scrollAmount = $event.scrollTop; }); ```