Title: Need a smooth scroll to anchor
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Need a smooth scroll to anchor

 *  [OM2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/om2/)
 * (@om2)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-a-smooth-scroll-to-anchor/)
 * I can’t find a plugin for this – I’m sure t exist – maybe I’m not searching for
   the right keywords
 * I want a smooth scroll to an anchor using something like Jquery
 * Any pointers would be great
 * Thanks
 * Omar

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 *  [crs1138](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crs1138/)
 * (@crs1138)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-a-smooth-scroll-to-anchor/#post-2544785)
 * I’m trying to get this working
 * [http://www.sycha.com/jquery-smooth-scrolling-internal-anchor-links](http://www.sycha.com/jquery-smooth-scrolling-internal-anchor-links)
 * but, I get an JS error in the console, when trying to click on posts permalink,
   saying:
 * Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property ‘top’ of null /category/birth-stories/:
   412
    (anonymous function) /category/birth-stories/:412 f.event.dispatch jquery.
   js:3 f.event.add.h.handle.i
 * regarding this bit of code
    ` $('html,body').animate({scrollTop:$(this.hash).
   offset().top}, 500);

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## Tags

 * [jquery](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/jquery/)
 * [scroll](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/scroll/)
 * [scroll.to](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/scroll-to/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 1 reply
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [crs1138](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crs1138/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-a-smooth-scroll-to-anchor/#post-2544785)
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