UITableView - scroll to the top - ios

Question

In my table view I have to scroll to the top. But I cannot guarantee that the first object is going to be section 0, row 0. May be that my table view will start from section number 5.
So I get an exception, when I call:
[mainTableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath:[NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:0 inSection:0] atScrollPosition:UITableViewScrollPositionTop animated:NO];
Is there another way to scroll to the top of table view?

Answer 1

UITableView is a subclass of UIScrollView, so you can also use:
[mainTableView scrollRectToVisible:CGRectMake(0, 0, 1, 1) animated:YES];
Or
[mainTableView setContentOffset:CGPointZero animated:YES];
And in Swift:
mainTableView.setContentOffset(CGPointZero, animated:true)
And in Swift 3 & above:
mainTableView.setContentOffset(.zero, animated: true)

Answer 2

Note: This answer isn't valid for iOS 11 and later.
I prefer
[mainTableView setContentOffset:CGPointZero animated:YES];
If you have a top inset on your table view, you have to subtract it:
[mainTableView setContentOffset:CGPointMake(0.0f, -mainTableView.contentInset.top) animated:YES];

Answer 3

Possible Actions:
1
func scrollToFirstRow() {
let indexPath = NSIndexPath(forRow: 0, inSection: 0)
self.tableView.scrollToRowAtIndexPath(indexPath, atScrollPosition: .Top, animated: true)
}
2
func scrollToLastRow() {
let indexPath = NSIndexPath(forRow: objects.count - 1, inSection: 0)
self.tableView.scrollToRowAtIndexPath(indexPath, atScrollPosition: .Bottom, animated: true)
}
3
func scrollToSelectedRow() {
let selectedRows = self.tableView.indexPathsForSelectedRows
if let selectedRow = selectedRows?[0] as? NSIndexPath {
self.tableView.scrollToRowAtIndexPath(selectedRow, atScrollPosition: .Middle, animated: true)
}
}
4
func scrollToHeader() {
self.tableView.scrollRectToVisible(CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 1, height: 1), animated: true)
}
5
func scrollToTop(){
self.tableView.setContentOffset(CGPointMake(0, UIApplication.sharedApplication().statusBarFrame.height ), animated: true)
}
Disable Scroll To Top:
func disableScrollsToTopPropertyOnAllSubviewsOf(view: UIView) {
for subview in view.subviews {
if let scrollView = subview as? UIScrollView {
(scrollView as UIScrollView).scrollsToTop = false
}
self.disableScrollsToTopPropertyOnAllSubviewsOf(subview as UIView)
}
}
Modify and use it as per requirement.
Swift 4
func scrollToFirstRow() {
let indexPath = IndexPath(row: 0, section: 0)
self.tableView.scrollToRow(at: indexPath, at: .top, animated: true)
}

Answer 4

It's better to not use NSIndexPath (empty table), nor assume that top point is CGPointZero (content insets), that's what I use -
[tableView setContentOffset:CGPointMake(0.0f, -tableView.contentInset.top) animated:YES];
Hope this helps.

Answer 5

Swift 4:
This works very well:
//self.tableView.reloadData() if you want to use this line remember to put it before
let indexPath = IndexPath(row: 0, section: 0)
self.tableView.scrollToRow(at: indexPath, at: .top, animated: true)

Answer 6

DONT USE
tableView.setContentOffset(.zero, animated: true)
It can sometimes set the offset improperly. For example, in my case, the cell was actually slightly above the view with safe area insets. Not good.
INSTEAD USE
tableView.scrollToRow(at: IndexPath(row: 0, section: 0), at: .top, animated: true)

Answer 7

On iOS 11, use adjustedContentInset to correctly scroll to top for both cases when the in-call status bar is visible or not.
if (#available(iOS 11.0, *)) {
[tableView setContentOffset:CGPointMake(0, -tableView.adjustedContentInset.top) animated:YES];
} else {
[tableView setContentOffset:CGPointMake(0, -tableView.contentInset.top) animated:YES];
}
Swift:
if #available(iOS 11.0, *) {
tableView.setContentOffset(CGPoint(x: 0, y: -tableView.adjustedContentInset.top), animated: true)
} else {
tableView.setContentOffset(CGPoint(x: 0, y: -tableView.contentInset.top), animated: true)
}

Answer 8

I've encountered an issue calling trying some of the methods on an empty tableView. Here's another option for Swift 4 that handles empty tableviews.
extension UITableView {
func hasRowAtIndexPath(indexPath: IndexPath) -> Bool {
return indexPath.section < self.numberOfSections && indexPath.row < self.numberOfRows(inSection: indexPath.section)
}
func scrollToTop(animated: Bool) {
let indexPath = IndexPath(row: 0, section: 0)
if self.hasRowAtIndexPath(indexPath: indexPath) {
self.scrollToRow(at: indexPath, at: .top, animated: animated)
}
}
}
Usage:
// from yourViewController or yourTableViewController
tableView.scrollToTop(animated: true)//or false

Answer 9

For tables that have a contentInset, setting the content offset to CGPointZero will not work. It'll scroll to the content top vs. scrolling to the table top.
Taking content inset into account produces this instead:
[tableView setContentOffset:CGPointMake(0, -tableView.contentInset.top) animated:NO];

Answer 10

This code let's you scroll a specific section to top
CGRect cellRect = [tableinstance rectForSection:section];
CGPoint origin = [tableinstacne convertPoint:cellRect.origin
fromView:<tableistance>];
[tableinstance setContentOffset:CGPointMake(0, origin.y)];

Answer 11

Swift 5, iOS 13
I know this question already has a lot of answers but from my experience this method always works:
let last = IndexPath(row: someArray.count - 1, section: 0)
tableView.scrollToRow(at: last, at: .bottom, animated: true)
And this is especially true if you're working with animations (like keyboard) or certain async tasks—the other answers will often scroll to the almost bottom. If for some reason this doesn't get you all the way to the bottom, it's almost certainly because of a competing animation so the workaround is to dispatch this animation to the end of the main queue:
DispatchQueue.main.async {
let last = IndexPath(row: self.someArray.count - 1, section: 0)
self.tableView.scrollToRow(at: last, at: .bottom, animated: true)
}
This may seem redundant since you're already on the main queue but it's not because it serializes the animations.

Answer 12

Swift:
tableView.setContentOffset(CGPointZero, animated: true)

Answer 13

Swift 3
tableView.setContentOffset(CGPoint.zero, animated: true)
if tableView.setContentOffset don't work.
Use:
tableView.beginUpdates()
tableView.setContentOffset(CGPoint.zero, animated: true)
tableView.endUpdates()

Answer 14

Since my tableView is full of all kinds of insets, this was the only thing that worked well:
Swift 3
if tableView.numberOfSections > 0 && tableView.numberOfRows(inSection: 0) > 0 {
tableView.scrollToRow(at: IndexPath(row: 0, section: 0), at: .top, animated: true)
}
Swift 2
if tableView.numberOfSections > 0 && tableView.numberOfRowsInSection(0) > 0 {
tableView.scrollToRowAtIndexPath(NSIndexPath(forRow: 0, inSection: 0), atScrollPosition: .Top, animated: true)
}

Answer 15

Adding on to what's already been said, you can create a extension (Swift) or category (Objective C) to make this easier in the future:
Swift:
extension UITableView {
func scrollToTop(animated: Bool) {
setContentOffset(CGPointZero, animated: animated)
}
}
Any time you want to scroll any given tableView to the top you can call the following code:
tableView.scrollToTop(animated: true)

Answer 16

I prefer the following, as it takes into account an inset. If there is no inset, it will still scroll to the top as the inset will be 0.
tableView.setContentOffset(CGPoint(x: 0, y: -tableView.contentInset.top), animated: true)

Answer 17

Swift :
if you don't have tableView header :
tableView.setContentOffset(CGPointMake(0, UIApplication.sharedApplication().statusBarFrame.height ), animated: true)
if so :
tableView.setContentOffset(CGPointMake(0, -tableViewheader.frame.height + UIApplication.sharedApplication().statusBarFrame.height ), animated: true)

Answer 18

In Swift 5 , Thanks #Adrian's answer a lot
extension UITableView{
func hasRowAtIndexPath(indexPath: IndexPath) -> Bool {
return indexPath.section < numberOfSections && indexPath.row < numberOfRows(inSection: indexPath.section)
}
func scrollToTop(_ animated: Bool = false) {
let indexPath = IndexPath(row: 0, section: 0)
if hasRowAtIndexPath(indexPath: indexPath) {
scrollToRow(at: indexPath, at: .top, animated: animated)
}
}
}
Usage:
tableView.scrollToTop()

Answer 19

Here's what I use to work correctly on iOS 11:
extension UIScrollView {
func scrollToTop(animated: Bool) {
var offset = contentOffset
if #available(iOS 11, *) {
offset.y = -adjustedContentInset.top
} else {
offset.y = -contentInset.top
}
setContentOffset(offset, animated: animated)
}
}

Answer 20

using contentOffset is not the right way. this would be better as it is table view's natural way
tableView.scrollToRow(at: NSIndexPath.init(row: 0, section: 0) as IndexPath, at: .top, animated: true)

Answer 21

This was the only code snippet that worked for me
Swift 4:
tableView.scrollRectToVisible(CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 1, height: 1), animated: true)
tableView.scrollToRow(at: IndexPath(row: 0, section: 0), at: .top, animated: true)
tableView.setContentOffset(CGPoint(x: 0, y: -70), animated: true)
P.S. 70 is the height of my header and table view cell

Answer 22

func scrollToTop() {
NSIndexPath *topItem = [NSIndexPath indexPathForItem:0 inSection:0];
[tableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath:topItem atScrollPosition:UITableViewScrollPositionTop animated:YES];
}
call this function wherever you want UITableView scroll to top

Answer 23

Swift 4 via extension, handles empty table view:
extension UITableView {
func scrollToTop(animated: Bool) {
self.setContentOffset(CGPoint.zero, animated: animated);
}
}

Answer 24

I use tabBarController and i have a few section in my tableview at every tab, so this is best solution for me.
extension UITableView {
func scrollToTop(){
for index in 0...numberOfSections - 1 {
if numberOfSections > 0 && numberOfRows(inSection: index) > 0 {
scrollToRow(at: IndexPath(row: 0, section: index), at: .top, animated: true)
break
}
if index == numberOfSections - 1 {
setContentOffset(.zero, animated: true)
break
}
}
}
}

Answer 25

I had to add the multiply by -1 * to the sum of the status bar and the navigation bar, because it was going that height off the screen,
self.tableView.setContentOffset(CGPointMake(0 , -1 *
(self.navigationController!.navigationBar.height +
UIApplication.sharedApplication().statusBarFrame.height) ), animated:true)

Answer 26

in swift
your row = selectioncellRowNumber
your section if you have = selectionNumber if you dont have set is to zero
//UITableViewScrollPosition.Middle or Bottom or Top
var lastIndex = NSIndexPath(forRow: selectioncellRowNumber, inSection: selectionNumber)
self.tableView.scrollToRowAtIndexPath(lastIndex, atScrollPosition: UITableViewScrollPosition.Middle, animated: true)

Answer 27

Here Is The Code To ScrollTableView To Top Programatically
Swift:
self.TableView.setContentOffset(CGPointMake(0, 1), animated:true)

Answer 28

In Swift-3 :
self.tableView.setContentOffset(CGPoint.zero, animated: true)

Answer 29

If you need use Objective-C or you still in love:
NSIndexPath *indexPath = [NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:0 inSection:0];
[_tableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath:indexPath atScrollPosition:UITableViewScrollPositionTop animated:YES];

Answer 30

Solution with scrollToRow which fixes the problem for empty TableView (needs for search).
import UIKit
extension UITableView {
public func scrollToTop(animated: Bool = false) {
if numberOfRows(inSection: 0) > 0 {
scrollToRow(
at: .init(row: 0, section: 0),
at: .top,
animated: animated
)
}
}
}