diff --git a/src/index-bar/IndexBar.tsx b/src/index-bar/IndexBar.tsx
index f2b0288d4..6edb291ce 100644
--- a/src/index-bar/IndexBar.tsx
+++ b/src/index-bar/IndexBar.tsx
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ import {
 import { useTouch } from '../composables/use-touch';
 import { useExpose } from '../composables/use-expose';
 
+// Types
+import { IndexBarProvide } from './types';
+
 function genAlphabet() {
   const charCodeOfA = 'A'.charCodeAt(0);
   const indexList = Array(26)
@@ -61,9 +64,7 @@ const props = {
   },
 };
 
-export type IndexBarProvide = {
-  props: ExtractPropTypes<typeof props>;
-};
+export type IndexBarProps = ExtractPropTypes<typeof props>;
 
 export const INDEX_BAR_KEY: InjectionKey<IndexBarProvide> = Symbol(name);
 
@@ -200,11 +201,8 @@ export default defineComponent({
         );
       });
 
-    const scrollTo = (index: string) => {
-      if (!index) {
-        return;
-      }
-
+    const scrollTo = (index: string | number) => {
+      index = String(index);
       const match = children.find((item) => String(item.index) === index);
 
       if (match) {
diff --git a/src/index-bar/README.md b/src/index-bar/README.md
index 789f6eef1..2a4f3e83d 100644
--- a/src/index-bar/README.md
+++ b/src/index-bar/README.md
@@ -99,6 +99,19 @@ Use [ref](https://v3.vuejs.org/guide/component-template-refs.html) to get IndexB
 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
 | scrollTo | scroll to target element | _index: number \| string_ | - |
 
+### Types
+
+Get the type definition of the IndexBar instance through `IndexBarInstance`.
+
+```ts
+import { ref } from 'vue';
+import type { IndexBarInstance } from 'vant';
+
+const indexBarRef = ref<IndexBarInstance>();
+
+indexBarRef.value?.scrollTo('B');
+```
+
 ### IndexAnchor Slots
 
 | Name    | Description                           |
diff --git a/src/index-bar/README.zh-CN.md b/src/index-bar/README.zh-CN.md
index 860c8c1b7..afe4b923f 100644
--- a/src/index-bar/README.zh-CN.md
+++ b/src/index-bar/README.zh-CN.md
@@ -103,6 +103,19 @@ export default {
 | -------- | -------------- | ------------------------- | ------ |
 | scrollTo | 滚动到指定锚点 | _index: number \| string_ | -      |
 
+### 类型定义
+
+通过 `IndexBarInstance` 获取 IndexBar 实例的类型定义（从 3.2.0 版本开始支持）。
+
+```ts
+import { ref } from 'vue';
+import type { IndexBarInstance } from 'vant';
+
+const indexBarRef = ref<IndexBarInstance>();
+
+indexBarRef.value?.scrollTo('B');
+```
+
 ### IndexAnchor Slots
 
 | 名称    | 说明                             |
diff --git a/src/index-bar/index.ts b/src/index-bar/index.ts
index 0498535c6..a7fba0bb0 100644
--- a/src/index-bar/index.ts
+++ b/src/index-bar/index.ts
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ const IndexBar = withInstall<typeof _IndexBar>(_IndexBar);
 
 export default IndexBar;
 export { IndexBar };
+export type { IndexBarInstance } from './types';
diff --git a/src/index-bar/types.ts b/src/index-bar/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b7a155ba5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/index-bar/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import type { ComponentPublicInstance } from 'vue';
+import type { IndexBarProps } from './IndexBar';
+
+export type IndexBarProvide = {
+  props: IndexBarProps;
+};
+
+export type IndexBarExpose = {
+  scrollTo: (index: string | number) => void;
+};
+
+export type IndexBarInstance = ComponentPublicInstance<
+  IndexBarProps,
+  IndexBarExpose
+>;