Alert to give scrollbar top location (scroll top) not working

Question

I am trying to get the scrollTop value on scroll. In other words, the location of the scrollbar at a certain point in the page.

Why isn't this working?

$(document).scroll(function(){
    alert($(document).scrollTop());
});

It is wrapped in $(document).ready(...

Are you sure that the `document` is indeed the element scrolling and not a `body` or `div` element? — Nomad101, May 11 '13 at 17:50
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2481350/retrieve-scrollbar-position-with-javascript — Rachel Gallen, May 11 '13 at 17:50
i have. I am using it and the rest is working. no script errors. — IMUXIxD, May 11 '13 at 17:53

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 11 '13 at 17:52

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It will only trigger when you change the scroll bar.

Same code as OP

answered May 11 '13 at 17:52

Steve Wellens

it doesn't though work though. I am scroll and nothing is happening. – IMUXIxD May 11 '13 at 17:54
weird, when I moved it out of the document.ready as in your jsfiddle, it worked. – IMUXIxD May 11 '13 at 17:56
Maybe there is an error in the document ready function that is preventing the whole function from running. – Steve Wellens May 11 '13 at 17:57
maybe, but all the other jquery / javascript inside the document ready function is working fine. – IMUXIxD May 11 '13 at 18:05

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