Window: moveTo() method

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The moveTo() method of the {{domxref("Window")}} interface moves the current window to the specified coordinates.

[!NOTE] This function moves the window to an absolute location. In contrast, {{domxref("window.moveBy()")}} moves the window relative to its current location.

Syntax

moveTo(x, y)

Parameters

• x
  • : The horizontal coordinate to be moved to.
• y
  • : The vertical coordinate to be moved to.

Return value

None ({{jsxref("undefined")}}).

Examples

This example moves the window to the top-left corner of the screen.

function origin() {
  window.moveTo(0, 0);
}

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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As of Firefox 7, websites can no longer move a browser window in the following cases:

1. You can't move a window or tab that wasn't created by {{domxref("Window.open()")}}.
2. You can't move a window or tab when it's in a window with more than one tab.

[!NOTE] This function might not move the window synchronously. In some environments (like Wayland, or mobile) it might not move the window at all. Currently there's no way to listen to a move event, see CSS Working Group issue #7693.

See also

• {{domxref("Window.moveBy()")}}