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

The browser will scroll down to where you were before the reload, as an attempt at convenience. It's only really useful for excessively long pages.

You can "fix" this like so:

window.onload = function() {document.body.scrollTop = document.documentElement.scrollTop = 0;};