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Window: moveTo() method

Baseline Widely available *

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨July 2015⁩.

* Some parts of this feature may have varying levels of support.

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

Note: This function moves the window to an absolute location. In contrast, 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 (undefined).

Examples

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

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

Specifications

Specification
CSSOM View Module> # dom-window-moveto>

Browser compatibility

	Desktop					Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	WebView on iOS
`moveTo`	1	12	1	≤12.1	1	18	4	≤12.1	1	1.0	4.4	1
`relative-multi-screen`	100 Without the `window-management` permission, multi-screen coordinates are used, but windows are clamped to their existing displays.	100 Without the `window-management` permission, multi-screen coordinates are used, but windows are clamped to their existing displays.	1 Multi-screen coordinates are used, but windows are clamped to their existing displays.	86 Without the `window-management` permission, multi-screen coordinates are used, but windows are clamped to their existing displays.	1 Coordinate origin used is inconsistent/unreliable.	100 Without the `window-management` permission, multi-screen coordinates are used, but windows are clamped to their existing displays.	4 Multi-screen coordinates are used, but windows are clamped to their existing displays.	69 Without the `window-management` permission, multi-screen coordinates are used, but windows are clamped to their existing displays.	1 Coordinate origin used is inconsistent/unreliable.	19.0 Without the `window-management` permission, multi-screen coordinates are used, but windows are clamped to their existing displays.	100 Without the `window-management` permission, multi-screen coordinates are used, but windows are clamped to their existing displays.	1 Coordinate origin used is inconsistent/unreliable.

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

You can't move a window or tab that wasn't created by Window.open().
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.