How to make a back-to-top button using CSS and HTML only?

Question

I'm trying to do a back to top button but to scroll down and up to a certain point on the page. For instance you have a long text and you want to bring the user to the next paragraph by simply having them to click on a link... I've done it in the past but I can't remember how I did it for the life of me...

Answer 1

What you would want to do is put an "anchor" at the top of the page, using an <a> tag (it's not JUST useful for links!). Then, when you have a link that goes to #nameofanchor, it scrolls to the anchor with that name. You'd do it like this:

<a id="top"></a> <!--content here--> <a href="#top">Back to top</a> 

Here is a working jsfiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/qf0m9arp/1/

Answer 2

Utilize the <a> tag.

At the top of your website, put an anchor with specified name.

<a name="top"></a> 

Then your "back to top" link points to it.

<a href="#top">back to top</a>