JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by peroli
HTML
<div class="top">
<div class="content">
<p>1</p>
<p>2</p>
<p>3</p>
<p>4</p>
<p>5</p>
<p>6</p>
<p>7</p>
<p>8</p>
<p>9</p>
<p>10</p>
</div>
</div>
CSS
.top{height:90px;width:30px; overflow:auto;margin-top:75px;}
p{background-color:red;}
JavaScript
//select <p>5</p> and scroll that element into view, I pass children '4' because its a zero index array-like structure
document.querySelector('.content').children[4].scrollIntoView(false);