Is there any way to implement MaintainScrollPositionOnPostBack functionality in jQuery

ASP.NET 2.0 had the followin开发者_JS百科g property MaintainScrollPositionOnPostBack and it could be used to maintain browser position on post back. Can this be achieved using jQuery and if yes how? I have read a few articles mentioning that MaintainScrollPositionOnPostBack doesnt work in some browsers like Chrome/Safari etc.

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Create an ASP hidden input field to store the position across postbacks, pass the ClientID of that field into the code below:

// client id of the hidden input field
var hiddenInputId = '<%= _myHiddenInputField.ClientID %>';

// store the current scroll position into the input
function storeScrollPosition(){
    $('#'+hiddenInputId)[0].value = scrollPosition();
}

// load the value out of the input and scroll the page
function loadScrollPosition(){
    var curPosition = $('#'+hiddenInputId)[0].value;
    if (curPosition > 0)
        $(window).scroll(curPosition);
}

// determine the scroll position (cross browser code)
function scrollPosition() {
    var n_result = window.pageYOffset ? 
                   window.pageYOffset : 0;
    var n_docel = document.documentElement ? 
                  document.documentElement.scrollTop : 0;
    var n_body = document.body ? 
                 document.body.scrollTop : 0;
    if (n_docel && (!n_result || (n_result > n_docel)))
        n_result = n_docel;
    return n_body && (!n_result || (n_result > n_body)) ? n_body : n_result;
}

// on load of the page, load the previous scroll position
$(document).ready(function(){loadScrollPosition();});
// on scroll of the page, update the input field
$(window).scroll(function(){storeScrollPosition();});

This will only work for postbacks. If you need to always have the same screen position we can play with cookies :)