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How to keep class active when scrolling with javascript?

I need help figuring out what is going on with my javascript. I have some code that is supposed to make the nav links have an active class when you are on that part of the page, but it's only sort of working for a couple links and it also flickers as you scroll rather than staying active the whole time you're on that part of the page. See the JSFiddle for an example https://jsfiddle.net/7szpuqsr/ -- if you scroll slowly you can see how "home" becomes active for a moment. I am trying to get each link to have the active class when you click it and also while you are on that entire part of the page.
I also have a javascript sticky nav bar and smooth scrolling working so I don't know if possibly any of that is getting in the way? Thanks in advance for help.
Here's the Javascript I'm trying to use for the active class:
var sections = $('section')
, nav = $('nav')
, nav_height = nav.outerHeight();
$(window).on('scroll', function () {
var cur_pos = $(this).scrollTop();
sections.each(function() {
var top = $(this).offset().top - nav_height,
bottom = top + $(this).outerHeight();
if (cur_pos >= top && cur_pos <= bottom) {
nav.find('a').removeClass('active');
sections.removeClass('active');
$(this).addClass('active');
nav.find('a[href="#'+$(this).attr('id')+'"]').addClass('active');
}
});
});
nav.find('a').on('click', function () {
var $el = $(this)
, id = $el.attr('href');
$('html, body').animate({
scrollTop: $(id).offset().top - nav_height
}, 500);
return false;
});

Something like this? I couldn't reproduce the flickering visually on my machine but I can see the class being removed/added constantly on scroll
https://jsfiddle.net/7szpuqsr/1/
Main changes, I added a class to your sections, you have too many sections but with the way your code is meant to work, it's much easier to add a class to the sections, example below
<section id="home" class="section">
var sections = $('.section') to get the section class
updated this part of the js to check for active class
if (cur_pos >= top && cur_pos <= bottom) {
if(!$(this).hasClass("active")) {
nav.find('a').removeClass('active');
sections.removeClass('active');
$(this).addClass('active');
nav.find('a[href="#'+$(this).attr('id')+'"]').addClass('active');
}
}
You can also cache the $(this) into a variable inside of the section loop like
var $this = $(this);
then just use $this for the rest of the loop
here is the doc for hasClass https://api.jquery.com/hasclass/

How do I code JQuery so that when I scroll to a certain element, Nav bar appears at top, when I scroll back up past that element, nav bar disappears

I have a div called #menu which I want to display when I scroll past the element #section3, if I scroll up past that element again, I want #menu to disappear
How would I code this?

Maybe something like this?
scrolled = "no"
$(window).scroll(function(){
scr = $("body").scrollTop();
if (scr > 100 && scrolled == "no"){
$("#menu").css({"display:block"})
displayed = "yes"
}
if (displayed == "yes" && scrolled = "yes"){
$("#menu").css({"display:none"})
}
});
The above assumes that #section3 is 100 pixels down the page. If you do not know where its going to be on the page then you could use the method outlined here:
Trigger event when user scroll to specific element - with jQuery

With jQuery you can get the scroll position with $("body").scrollTop();.
Expanding on what #Ned Hulton said, I recommend comparing the scroll position to the top of a "container element" (or 'row') in your page like this:
if ($('body').scrollTop() > $('#someRow').offset().top){
//do something
}
That way you can account for your container appearing at a variable distance down the page (which will come in handy for mobile browsing or cases where your text wraps to additional lines)

I just whipped this up in jsfiddle
https://jsfiddle.net/rb56j0yu/
it uses jQuery, and checks the scroll position against the target div. Css sets the menu as position: fixed, and defaults to hidden.
$(window).scroll(function(){
var yPos = $("body").scrollTop();
var yCheck = $("#c3").position().top;
if (yPos > yCheck && !$("#menu").is(":visible"))
{
$("#menu").show();
}
if (yPos <= yCheck && $("#menu").is(":visible"))
{
$("#menu").hide();
}
});

First, get your #section3 top offset and height. Which will be used as the threshold whether #section3 is actually on the window screen.
var top = $('#section3').offset().top;
var bot = topOffset + $('#section3').height();
Then, detect it on your scroll event.
$(window).on('scroll', function () {
var scrollTop = $(window).scrollTop();
if (scrollTop >= top && scrollTop <= bot) {
// #section3 is within the screen.
$('#menu').show();
}
else {
// #section3 is out of screen.
$('#menu').hide();
}
});

This is a common use case, I wrote following code:
// what does "Auto Header" mean, goto https://www.yahoo.com/
// scroll down and you will see the purple part auto fixed to top,
// while when scroll up, it restores and does not be fixed.
// 1. multiple auto header elements handled
// 2. dynamically create/remove elements issue handled
// 3. no unnecessary dom operation, high performance
// usage: just add 'class="auto-header"' to any element you want to auto header
// suggest set each auto-header element specific width and height
// do not guarantee it works when resize or scroll left/right
$(document).ready(function() {
var rawTops = [],
rawLefts = [],
rawStyles = [],
$locations = [], // record next sibling so that element easily find where to restore
fixed = []; // mark whether this element is fixed
$(".auto-header").each(function() {
var $this = $(this),
offset = $this.offset();
rawTops.push(offset.top);
rawLefts.push(offset.left);
rawStyles.push($this.attr("style"));
$locations.push($this.siblings().eq($this.index()));
fixed.push(false);
});
$(window).on("scroll", function() {
$(".auto-header").each(function(i, e) {
if(!fixed[i] && $(window).scrollTop() > rawTops[i]) {
var $te = $(this).clone(true);
$(this).remove();
$locations[i].before($te);
$te.css({
"position": "fixed",
"top": 0,
"left": rawLefts[i],
"z-index": 100
});
fixed[i] = true;
} else if(fixed[i] && $(window).scrollTop() < rawTops[i]) {
$(this).removeAttr("style").attr("style", rawStyles[i]);
fixed[i] = false;
}
});
});
});

JQUERY- refer to specific div each time

in the fiddle you will see at the center of the page a DIV that contains text next to an img.
When I scroll down/up I need to effect with jquery/javascript only the div who's the closest to the navbar-below. all the divs as the same class so I effect them all-not what I need
For example:
what I am trying to achieve : when I scroll down,the closest div to the navbar(yellow bar) will be painted(the div) green,so if I scroll down and the navbar "collapse" with the div with will paint in green, and when he passes him and "disapper" it will go back to original color and the next div will paint in green. is it possible?
Here's the JS FIDDLE: http://jsfiddle.net/nnkekjsy/3/
When I referred to div I meant this section :
<div class="x" id="inside_center">
<div class="left_side" id="left_inside_center">sddsadasasdsadLorem </div>
<div class="right_side" id="right_inside_center"><img src="http://img-9gag-lol.9cache.com/photo/a7KwPAr_460s.jpg"></div>
</div>
JQUERY :
I added my jquery,as you can see it works only for the first one,and then stuck.. i need to "pass" it along the others div below him when the are getting to the same point. any ideas? :
$(document).ready(function() {
$(window).scroll(function() {
var scrollVal = $(this).scrollTop();
var navHeight = $("#div_menu").outerHeight();
if ( scrollVal > 55) {
$('#left_inside_center').css({'position':'fixed','top' :navHeight+'px'});
} else {
$('#left_inside_center').css({'position':'static','top':'auto'});
}
});
});

Are you looking for some thing like this?
http://jsfiddle.net/mcozkpv3/1/
This is just quick hack to find closes elements based on distance and selecting it. add data-did attribute to each item div.
$(document).ready(function () {
$(window).scroll(function () {
$('[data-did]').each(function (i, e) {
var dist = $(e).offset().top - $('#div_menu').offset().top
if (dist < 80) {
$(e).addClass('closest');
} else {
$(e).removeClass('closest');
}
});
var scrollVal = $(this).scrollTop();
var navHeight = $("#div_menu").outerHeight();
if (scrollVal > 55) {
// $('#left_inside_center').css({'position':'fixed','top' :navHeight+'px'});
} else {
$('#left_inside_center').css({
'position': 'static',
'top': 'auto'
});
}
});
});

Update scroll position on resize of window

I'm currently using a combination of smooth scroll and IDs/anchor tags to scroll to content on my site. The code below is getting the ID of the next 'section' in the DOM, and adding it's ID as the 'view next section' href, so once it's clicked, it'll scroll to the top of that div. Then, it iterates through, updating the href with the next ID each time etc until the last section is seen and it scrolls back to the top. Pretty straightforward.
The only problem is that the 'sections' are fullscreen images, so as it's scrolling to the top of the next section, if you resize the browser, the top position of that section (where we scrolled to) has moved, and means the position is lost.
I've created a JSFiddle. You can see this happening after you click the arrow to visit the next section then resize the window: http://jsfiddle.net/WFQ9t/3/
I'm wanting to keep this top position fixed at all times so even if you resize the browser, the scroll position is updated to reflect this.
Thanks in advance,
R
var firstSectionID = $('body .each-section').eq(1).attr('id');
$('.next-section').attr('href', '#' + firstSectionID);
var i = 1;
$('.next-section').click(function() {
var nextSectionID = $('body .each-section').eq(i).attr('id');
i++;
$('.next-section').attr('href', '#' + nextSectionID);
var numberOfSections = $('body .each-section').length;
var lastSectionID = $('body .each-section').eq(numberOfSections).attr('id');
if ($('.next-section').attr('href') == '#' + lastSectionID ) {
$('.next-section').attr('href', '#introduction');
i = 1;
}
});

Ok, Please check out this fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/WFQ9t/9/
The few things I did were:
Made some global variables to handle the screen number (which screen you're on and also the initial window height. You will use this when the screen loads and also when you click on the .next-session arrow.
var initWinHeight = $(window).height();
var numSection = 0;
Then I tossed those variables into your resizeContent() function
resizeContent(initWinHeight, numSection)
so that it will work on load and resize
I made the body move around where it needs to, to accomodate for the movement of the divs (I still don't understand what divs are moving when the regular animation happens).
$('body').css({
top: (((windowHeight - initWinHeight)*numSection)*-1) + "px"
});
Then in your click function, I add 1 to the section number, reset the initial window height and then also reset the body to top:0. The normal animation you have already puts the next section at the top of the page.
numSection++;
initWinHeight = $(window).height();
$('body').css({top:"0px"}, 1000);
Finally, I reset the numSections counter when you reach the last page (You might have to make this 0 instead of 1)
numSection = 0;
The fiddle has all of this in the correct places, these are just the steps I took to change the code.

Here is a solution that i found, but I dont use anchor links at this point, i use classes
Here is my HTML code:
<section class="section">
Section 1
</section>
<section class="section">
Section 2
</section>
<section class="section">
Section 3
</section>
<section class="section">
Section 4
</section>
And here is my jQuery/Javascript code,
I actually used a preety simple way:
$('.section').first().addClass('active');
/* handle the mousewheel event together with
DOMMouseScroll to work on cross browser */
$(document).on('mousewheel DOMMouseScroll', function (e) {
e.preventDefault();//prevent the default mousewheel scrolling
var active = $('.section.active');
//get the delta to determine the mousewheel scrol UP and DOWN
var delta = e.originalEvent.detail < 0 || e.originalEvent.wheelDelta > 0 ? 1 : -1;
//if the delta value is negative, the user is scrolling down
if (delta < 0) {
next = active.next();
//check if the next section exist and animate the anchoring
if (next.hasClass('section')) {
var timer = setTimeout(function () {
$('body, html').animate({
scrollTop: next.offset().top
}, 800);
next.addClass('active')
.siblings().removeClass('active');
clearTimeout(timer);
}, 200);
}
} else {
prev = active.prev();
if (prev.length) {
var timer = setTimeout(function () {
$('body, html').animate({
scrollTop: prev.offset().top
}, 800);
prev.addClass('active')
.siblings().removeClass('active');
clearTimeout(timer);
}, 200);
}
}
});
/*THE SIMPLE SOLUTION*/
$(window).resize(function(){
var active = $('.section.active')
$('body, html').animate({
scrollTop: active.offset().top
}, 10);
});

Scrolling to Div IDs with Jquery

Due to css properties my scrolling to div tags has too much margin-top. So I see jquery as the best solution to get this fixed.
I'm not sure why this isn't working, I'm very new to Js and Jquery. Any help us greatly appreciated.
Here is a quick look at Js. I found that when your div ids are in containers to change the ('html, body') to ('container)
Here is my jsfiddle
jQuery(document).ready(function($){
var prevScrollTop = 0;
var $scrollDiv = jQuery('div#container');
var $currentDiv = $scrollDiv.children('div:first-child');
var $sectionid = 1;
var $numsections = 5;
$scrollDiv.scroll(function(eventObj)
{
var curScrollTop = $scrollDiv.scrollTop();
if (prevScrollTop < curScrollTop)
{
// Scrolling down:
if ($sectionid+1 > $numsections) {
console.log("End Panel Reached");
}
else {
$currentDiv = $currentDiv.next().scrollTo();
console.log("down");
console.log($currentDiv);
$sectionid=$sectionid+1;
console.log($currentDiv.attr('id'));
var divid =$currentDiv.attr('id');
jQuery('#container').animate({scrollTop:jQuery('#'+divid).position().top}, 'slow');
}
}
else if (prevScrollTop > curScrollTop)
{
// Scrolling up:
if ($sectionid-1 == 0) {
console.log("Top Panel Reached");
}
else {
$currentDiv = $currentDiv.prev().scrollTo();
console.log("up");
console.log($currentDiv);
$sectionid=$sectionid-1;
var divid =$currentDiv.attr('id');
jQuery('html, body').animate({scrollTop:jQuery('#'+divid).position().top}, 'slow');
}
}
prevScrollTop = curScrollTop;
});
});

I'm not entirely sure what you want but scrolling to a <div> with jQuery is simpler than your code.
For example this code replaces the automatic jumping behaviour of anchors with smoother scrolling:
$(document).ready(function(e){
$('.side-nav').on('click', 'a', function (e) {
var $this = $(this);
var top = $($this.attr('href')).offset().top;
$('html, body').stop().animate({
scrollTop: top
}, 'slow');
e.preventDefault();
});
});
You can of course adjust the top variable by adding or removing from it like:
var top = $($this.attr('href')).offset().top - 10;
I have also made a fiddle from it (on top of your HTML): http://jsfiddle.net/Qn5hG/8/
If this doesn't help you or your question is something different, please clarify it!
EDIT:
Problems with your fiddle:
jQuery is not referenced
You don't need jQuery(document).ready() if the jQuery framework is selected with "onLoad". Remove the first and last line of your JavaScript.
There is no div#container in your HTML so it's no reason to check where it is scrolled. And the scroll event will never fire on it.
Your HTML is invalid. There are a lot of unclosed elements and random tags at the end. Make sure it's valid.
It's very hard to figure out what your fiddle is supposed to do.