I am attempting to add parameters to the URL after navigating to the current page using router.push. However, I don't want the page to scroll to the top after the parameters are added. To prevent this, I am using scroll: false, but unfortunately, it’s not working as expected.

Below is my code:

"use client";

import { useRouter } from "next/navigation";

const MyComponent = ({ pageNumber }) => {

    const router = useRouter();

    useEffect(() => {
        if (!pageNumber || pageNumber === null || pageNumber === "") {
            router.push(`?pageNumber=1`, undefined, { shallow: true, scroll: false });
        }
    }, []);
}

I am attempting to add parameters to the URL after navigating to the current page using router.push. However, I don't want the page to scroll to the top after the parameters are added. To prevent this, I am using scroll: false, but unfortunately, it’s not working as expected.

Below is my code:

"use client";

import { useRouter } from "next/navigation";

const MyComponent = ({ pageNumber }) => {

    const router = useRouter();

    useEffect(() => {
        if (!pageNumber || pageNumber === null || pageNumber === "") {
            router.push(`?pageNumber=1`, undefined, { shallow: true, scroll: false });
        }
    }, []);
}

• next.js
• next.js15

3 Answers 3

In Next.js 13.5 and above the syntax has changed. The function properties object now comes second.

Before Next.js 13.5:

  router.push("<new_url>", undefined, { scroll: false })

Next.js 13.5 and above:

router.push("<new_url>", { scroll: false })

Next.js Official docs: https://nextjs./docs/app/api-reference/functions/use-router#disabling-scroll-to-top

Credit: https://stackoverflow/a/77370718/15903427

When using the App Router, we cannot import the router from next/router. Instead, we must use: import { useRouter } from "next/navigation";.

In this case, the router.push function accepts two parameters: router.push(href, options);

So, in my case, I need to update my code like this:

useEffect(() => {
    if (!pageNumber || pageNumber === null || pageNumber === "") {
        router.push(`?pageNumber=1`, { shallow: true, scroll: false });
    }
}, []);

With this change, everything works perfectly, and the page no longer scrolls to the top.

Try it like this:

useEffect(() => {
  if (!pageNumber || pageNumber === null || pageNumber === "") {
    router.query.pageNumber = 1
    router.push(router, undefined, { shallow: true, scroll: false });
  }
}, [router, pageNumber]);

Instead of an url which is only the pageNumber query parameters in your case, you can pass the modified router. Doing it this way solved the issue for me.