document.body.scrollTop is always 0 in IE even when scrolling

Question

I am displaying the value of document.body.scrollTop in the status bar while moving the mouse. The value is always 0 in IE. Why is always 0? Is there another way to get how much the scroll bar has moved?

Answer 1

You may want to try this for an older doctype in IE:

var top = (document.documentElement && document.documentElement.scrollTop) ||                document.body.scrollTop;