title: Chrome 61 body doesn't scroll
body: <p>Does anyone know why assigning <code>scrollTop</code> on the body element no longer works?</p>
  
  <p>eg:
  <code>document.body.scrollTop = 200</code></p>
  
  <p>causes the document not to scroll.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Cause</strong>: Chrome <a href="https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=157855" rel="noreferrer">finally made scrolling spec conformant</a> in version 61</p>
  
  <p><strong>Solution</strong>: Use <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/API/document/scrollingElement" rel="noreferrer">scrollingElement</a></p>
  
  <p>Update the example to:</p>
  
  <pre><code>var scrollNode = document.scrollingElement ? 
                   document.scrollingElement : document.body;
  scrollNode.scrollTop = 200;
  </code></pre>