Reload browser does not reset page to top

Question

I thought when you clicked refresh, that the browser was supposed to reset your page to the top? I am using a js accordion and when I refresh, it closes the acc

Answer 1

Well, as you can see, it does not :)

But you can force it with some simple jQuery:

$(document).ready(function(){
    $(this).scrollTop(0);
});

EDIT:

The only way that seems to work in IE 9, FF 12 and Chrome 20.0 is the following:

$(document).ready(function(){
    $('html').animate({scrollTop:0}, 1);
    $('body').animate({scrollTop:0}, 1);
});

Strange thing is that when I tried scrolling the elements directly without applying any animation (that is, $('html').scrollTop(0)), it didn't work. Since the duration is set to 1 millisecond, the user will not notice anything.

I would be glad if anyone could shed some light on this - why does the scrolling only work with animations?