Page jumps to the top when checkbox is clicked

Question

I'm calling handleNotableTypeSelect method on the click of the check box, everything is working fine but the page jumps to the top.

this.$hideInactiveCheckbox.click(
    this.handleNotableTypeSelect.createDelegate(this));
    handleNotableTypeSelect: function(e) {
        //e.preventDefault();
        if (this.$hideInactiveCheckbox.attr('checked')) {
            this.isActive = "^active$";     
            this.$connTable.fnFilter(this.isActive, 1,true);     
        }
        else {
            this.$connTable.fnFilter('', 1);
        } 
        //return false;
    }

Edit a bit better that code! puts line breaks check the faq! that's too messy — I.G. Pascual, Dec 20 '11 at 02:26
Can u show us an example page? A [jsFiddle](http://jsFiddle.net)? Maybe there's more javascript code affecting click's behavior... — I.G. Pascual, Dec 20 '11 at 02:34
@Purmou `else` is at the same level as the `if`, just marked strangely — I.G. Pascual, Dec 20 '11 at 02:35

Erick Ashri · Answer 1 · 2020-10-21T20:53:58.890

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My case was that the checkbox was hidden (due to CSS design). the original input checkbox had position set to 'absolute' so when the user clicked the checkbox the page "jumped" to the real checkbox position.

EDIT:

In some cases there are styled "fake" checkboxes. the real checkbox element is hidden in some bad practice way. My case was that the real checkbox element had absolute positioning and hidden and that cause the page jump to top of the window.

Possible solution:

Check if the checkbox element has the following CSS rule position: absolute;
if yes, removing this rule can fix this issue.

edited Oct 21 '20 at 20:53

answered Aug 18 '20 at 12:28

Erick Ashri

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This is not an answer – Saikat Saha Aug 18 '20 at 13:22
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i had similar issue. checking a checkbox made the page "jump" to the top. The solution made by modifying CSS rules. so this is a possible solution my friend. – Erick Ashri Aug 20 '20 at 06:53
Just ran into this issue and a hidden checkbox input was the cause. This is definitely something to consider, even if it may not solve the OP's problem. – Francois Carstens Oct 16 '20 at 17:15
But what was the solution here? – Daniel Oct 21 '20 at 15:32
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Updated with a solution @Daniel – Erick Ashri Oct 21 '20 at 20:55
removing position:absolute worked for me – Jayakrishnan Feb 06 '23 at 13:10

score 11 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:30

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This may related to the following issue:

input checkbox in div jumps to top of page on firefox

I've actually been seeing errors about this in all kinds of frameworks, and for the most part, people post framework specific answers. If you're hiding the check box, try using display: none on it, it seemed to work for the post above. I'm still trying to hunt down a fix (since I'm not hiding my checkboxes, I'm trying figure out why checkboxes in a modal cause the screen to jump to the top of the modal on click).

edited May 23 '17 at 10:30

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answered Aug 13 '14 at 15:48

ansorensen

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display: none did the trick. I was hiding the checkboxes at -999px, -999px with a label on the screen. When I clicked on one, unlike radio buttons, the screen tried to scroll to display the checkbox that was selected. I originally avoided display: none because that used to disable the checkbox. This is no longer the case and may have been an IE6 thing. If display: none interferes with the page's operation, you might try position: relative; left: -999px so that it does not scroll vertically in its attempts to display it. – Mike Oct 28 '14 at 07:33
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I'm having this issue on an extension. It's not the checkbox that's hidden for me though. The checkbox triggers a click that enables or disables a textbox. When the textbox enables or disables, Firefox jumps to the top of the page. I have no idea why or how this is happening and I've tried a dozen workarounds. – ElJeffe Mar 21 '17 at 13:33

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 05 '21 at 16:07

Several frameworks and css tricks hide the checkbox using position: absolute. That is correct because we need to hide the checkbox only from screen, while Screen Readers must have access to it in order to announce it correctly. But display:none hides it from them too and users with accessibility issues can't click it. The most suitable solution is to add position:relative to checkbox container and adjust checkbox position using top: if needed.

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 31 '22 at 11:05

If the checkbox has been positioned absolute to hide it and the interaction occurs on the label (which is commonplace when styling checkboxes beyond the default UI), the page will scroll to wherever the checkbox input is positioned despite the click event occurring on the label. so if you've added top:-9999px; for example, the page will jump right up to where it's now positioned. What you want instead, is to remove it from the rendered layout without moving it away from the label. to do this, add a container div to the label and input, and add position:relative; to it. Then add the following code to the input itself:

position:absolute;
top:0; left:0;
visibility: hidden;
opacity: 0;

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 16 '21 at 16:58

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If your check box has position: absolute, in most cases just wrapping it (input and label elements) with a div should be enough.

answered Sep 16 '21 at 16:58

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Page jumps to the top when checkbox is clicked

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