Closed Bug 1352857 Opened 7 years ago Closed 4 years ago

suggested method for determining whether element has scrolled to end is inaccurate

Categories

(Developer Documentation Graveyard :: API: DOM, defect, P5)

Product:
Developer Documentation Graveyard
Component:
API: DOM
Platform:
All
Other
Type:
defect

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: teo8976, Unassigned)

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Details

:: Developer Documentation Request

      Request Type: Correction
     Gecko Version: unspecified
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:: Details

This statement is complete ****:

> The following equivalence returns true if an element is at the end of its scroll, false if it isn't.
> element.scrollHeight - element.scrollTop === element.clientHeight

It can be easily verified that it is not always true at least for the body element.

The following minimal and trivial example demonstrates that element-scrollTop+element.clientHeight can be > element.scrollHeight when the scrollbar is at the bottom:
http://output.jsbin.com/namimideva
Component: General → API: DOM
Priority: P1 → --
Priority: -- → P5
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Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 4 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
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