Posted by ben
8. May 2010 02:35
This took me way too long to figure out, so I hope it helps some folks.
Seems that $('#yourtextarea').scrollHeight doesn't work. Instead you need to do $('#yourtextarea')[0].scrollHeight.
Example (scolls to bottom of textarea with id "console"):
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
var psconsole = $('#console');
psconsole.scrollTop(
psconsole[0].scrollHeight - psconsole.height()
);
});
</script>