Question

Is it possible to add an anchor to this script? Instead of scrolling all the way to the top, I would like to scroll to a particular anchor in the page.

Here is the current script:

if (isError) {
$('html, body').animate({
    scrollTop: 700
}, 2500);
$("#error-div").show();
} else {
$("#error-div").hide();
}

Answer 1

There’s not really the need to include a huge plugin for this simple task.

With jQuerys position() – function (jQuery Doc) you can get the position of an element in the DOM (as long as it’s visible). It returns an object with a top and left – value, relative to the parent. If you want values relative to the document, use the offset() – function, usage stays the same.

I created a little fiddle to show you the basic usage:

http://jsfiddle.net/DtADS/