vanilla-back-to-top

Vanilla Back To Top

Configurable zero dependency Back To Top button that will work for 93.86% of all users worldwide.

Ideal for pre-rendered blogs with no frameworks, e.g., Jekyll, Hugo or Hexo.

How to use

Add this to your HTML:

<script src="https://unpkg.com/vanilla-back-to-top@3.1.3/dist/vanilla-back-to-top.min.js"></script>
<script>addBackToTop({})</script>

Optionally customise CSS of the button using #back-to-top selector, e.g.:

#back-to-top a {
  text-indent: -9999px;
  background-image: url(back-to-top.png)
}
@media screen and (max-width: 479px) {
  #back-to-top {
    right: 10px;
    bottom: 10px;
  }
}

Options

addBackToTop function accepts many options, e.g.:

addBackToTop({
  id: 'back-to-top',
  showWhenScrollTopIs: 300,
  onClickScrollTo: 0,
  innerElement: document.createTextNode('Up'),
  size: 50,
  fontSize: 14,
  cornerOffset: 20,
  backgroundColor: '#000',
  textColor: '#fff',
  zIndex: 1,
  scrollContainer: document.documentElement
})

^ All these are also default values.

• id - id attribute of the button
• showWhenScrollTopIs - show the button when page got scrolled by this number of pixels
• onClickScrollTo - where to scroll to when the button gets clicked, 0 means the very top
• innerElement - DOM element to put inside the button; with jQuery you can put something like this: $('<svg>...</svg>').get(0)
• size - width and height of the button in pixels
• fontSize - font size of the text inside the button
• cornerOffset - right and bottom offset of the button relative to viewport
• backgroundColor - background color of the button
• textColor - text color of the button
• zIndex - z-index of the button
• scrollContainer - if only part of your website gets scrolled, e.g., when your sidebar never scrolls with content, put the scrolled DOM element here

Supported browsers

• Android Browser >=4.4
• Blackberry >=7
• Chrome >=4
• Chrome Android
• Edge >=12
• Explorer >=10
• Explorer Mobile >=10
• Firefox >=2
• Firefox Android
• iOS Safari & Chrome >=7.1
• Opera >=12.1
• Opera Mobile >=12.1
• Safari >=5.1
• Samsung Internet >=4
• UC Browser Android >=11.4

This gives 93.86% global coverage.

Limitations are due to flexbox and position:fixed. Sliding animation isn't supported in old browsers, in those the button just appears in place with no animation.