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html5: link to the #id of a div at a certain point on the page

I have a responsive header that I'm working on for a site that turns into a fixed-position navbar as you scroll down. It takes up roughly the upper quarter of the page.
The content of the page is in a series of divs / cards that slide up as you scroll down.
I want to add <a href> links to the navbar that correspond to the ids of the divs. However, when I do so, the div content moves to the top of the page.
So I get something like the following when I navegate to /localhost#first_card
---- TOP OF PAGE
[<div id="first_card"> begins here]
---- bottom border of navbar
[<div id="first_card"> continues here]
when what I really want is this:
---- TOP OF PAGE
---- bottom border of navbar
[<div id="first_card"> begins here]
Is there a way to control where on the page the hash link might render the <div id="first_card"> after navigating to /localhost#first_card?

I've been trying to solve this for you in JSFiddle for a bit now, and from what I can find, the best way would be to box all the cards into a seperate element with overflow:auto
The result of this, and as proof of it working can be found at http://jsfiddle.net/Entoarox/TT2JN/
This may not work for your site, but the only alternative is using javascript to solve this and I cant recommend that because it would cause a massive load on the visitors PC due to most hash related javascript functionality being either static or very new, meaning that to support older browsers, you'd need to manually poll if the hash has changed, either taking up a lot of CPU time, or having a very slow response to when the hash has changed.

Try the jQuery scrollTop() command. This will give you the precise positioning that you need.
http://api.jquery.com/scrollTop/
You might have to change your links up a little. Example with jQuery and a wrapper div:
<a id="first-card-jump" href="#first_card">Jump to First Card</a>
<div id="wrapper">
NAVBAR
first div
second div
...
nth div
</div>
<script>
$('a#first-card-jump).on('click', function(event) {
event.preventDefault(); // Not sure if this is needed
$('div#wrapper).scrollTop(500); // you have to measure how far down you want to scroll
});
</script>
Note that this might mess up your in-page back button support. Not sure if that's an issue for you.
p.s. If you're in time trouble, the simplest fix is to add a top margin to each div equal to the height of the fixed navbar.
Hope this helps!

I made you a jsfiddle
it uses padding-top to create the offset to the top, then it uses margin-bottom to remove the offset between the elements.
the relevant css:
/*
add top padding and substract the same amount from bottom margin
*/
.card {
padding-top: 200px;
margin-bottom: -200px;
position: relative;
}
/*
we need to reverse the stacking for this solution, so the elements later in
the document don't cover the elements before
either you know how many cards you have, so you can solve this in a central
css file (like below)
or you must add the stacking upon creation (in your template)
or use the javascript
starts from 2 because nav is :nth-child(1) in this example
*/
.card:nth-child(2){
z-index: 0;
}
.card:nth-child(3){
z-index: -1;
}
.card:nth-child(4){
z-index: -2;
}
javascript to reverse the stacking, using jQuery
$(function(){ //on load
$('body>.card').each(function(i, elem){$(elem).css('z-index', -i)})
})

If I understand your question correctly, you want to make a div appear in the middle of the page, right? So, to do this, you can just direct the page to the div above it. You can also make another div above it with a fixed height.

Twitter-Bootstrap affix

I am trying the affix feature on twitter-bootstrap, what this js method does, cause as i see it just puts the element choosed to:
position:fixed;
Or i'm mistaking and it also controls the element window offsets TOP,BOTTOM,LEFT,RIGHT .. ?
The main method i'm referring to is the :
$('.element').affix();
thanks

An example of the use of affix is the menu in the bootstrap documentation.
At the top of the place the menu is just on it's normal position. However if you scroll down, the position of the menu changes so it stays on screen.
You might need to set top for a specific element in CSS.
.bs-docs-sidenav.affix {
top: 40px;
}

Bootstrap 'Affix' wont affix on the right

I've created an example here : http://jsfiddle.net/Ninjanoel/9GEGU/
Basically, I'd like to affix something to the right, in this case, the red box, I want it to appear to just pin itself to the top as it should once the correct amount of page scroll has occurred, but everytime it 'affixes', it jumps to the left, overlapping the content I already have on the left.
It's great that bootstrap has such a volume of documentation, but unfortunately I think I'm missing something regarding this. Please help.
var offsetFn = function() {
return $('#sidebar').position().top;
}
$(document).ready(function(e) {
$('#sidebar').affix({
offset: {top: offsetFn}
});
});​
is a code snippet I found on Stack overflow to not have to guess the top offset value, but even if I give it a simple value, when the div becomes affixed it jumps left.
Note about the fiddle : it doesn't appear to be working very well, at least the version on my hdd jumps left, but it is the code i'm using basically, and the small window size may complicate things, green and red boxes are suppose to be vertical columns

Create inner div for sidebar. Affix is setting position: fixed to column therefore making it not working.
Edit: see http://jsfiddle.net/9GEGU/2/ and your function is needless, only causing weird behaviour in FF, so remove {offset: {top: offsetFn}}. It will look the same but scrolling will be smoother.
Also set width of span5 (290px) to the #sidebar because when element has position: fixed it is removed from document flow and isn't limited by parent's width.

I need help figuring out how to toggle an element once vertical height of window is scrolled

I'm trying to toggle a div from relative to fixed when I scroll down 200px using javascript. When I reach 200px from the top of the window, my div should toggle to fixed. And when I'm above that 200px from the top it should go back to relative. Does anyone have an idea on how to do this?

Something like:
$(window).on('scroll', function() {
$("#myDivID").css({
position: $(this).scrollTop()<200?'relative':'fixed',
top: $(this).scrollTop()<200?'200px':'0px'
});
});
You'll probably also have to reset the top position of the element.

I know there's at least a couple of plugins that do this. Can't remember the name of the one I saw last, but here's one I've written myself: http://code.google.com/p/sleekphp/source/browse/trunk/Sites/SleekBase/Modules/Base/JS/jQuery.fixedIfNeeded.js
You use it like so:
$('#my-element').fixedIfNeeded();
There's one optional argument that specifies if the element should stop being fixed before it reaches another element (like a footer for example):
$('#my-element').fixedIfNeeded('#footer');

div container following scroll of screen

I'd like to set up a "backward-compatible" scrolling sidebar on one of my pages.
I have a page containing information about a species of fish which can be extraordinarily long and images to accompany it.
The images are in the right-hand pane at the moment and I'd like them to follow the user as they scroll to the bottom of the page.
I've used the following code with some success:
jQuery().ready(function($) {
var $scrollingDiv = $("#sidebar");
$(window).scroll(function(){
$scrollingDiv
.stop()
.animate({"marginTop": ($(window).scrollTop() + 30) + "px"}, "slow" );
});
});
But it jumps too far when scrolling down.
(original position)
(scrolled a single mousewheel click)
When you start scrolling down the page, the sidebar appears around half-way down and as such you can only see two of the images.
Once a user scrolls past X point (say 400px), I would like the sidebar to start moving with the page. However, it also needs to go back to its original position when the user reaches the top of the page once more.
Is there a fix that can be applied to this code, or a better way of approaching this?
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EDIT: position:fixed Problem
When I try to apply position:fixed as per Josh and David's suggestions (either bit of JS code), this happens:
Here is Firebug's read-out of the CSS styles attached to this element:

You can use a plugin for this, but it’s such a simple task that you might as well do it on your own.
Consider this simple markup:
<div id="content">Content</div>
<div id="sidebar"><div>Sidebar</div></div>
And this would be all the javascript you need:
var el = $('#sidebar'),
pos = el.position().top;
$(window).scroll(function() {
el.toggleClass('fixed', $(this).scrollTop() >= pos);
});
Now, it will add a class to the #sidebar div as soon as the user scroll further than the sidebar is positioned, so all you need now is som CSS. I’m applying the fixed positioning to a child element to avoid layout problems:
#sidebar.fixed > div{position:fixed;}
I put up a really simple demo here: http://jsfiddle.net/QZyH3/

You should try the jQuery code found in this tutorial, which replicates Apple's shopping cart sidebar. It has a working demo and a very small code footprint.

why not use css position: fixed; property? of course if you don't mind the div being not smooth but straightly following your scrollTop. I've found it not working only in IE6-- by today, so using fixed position is a good solution I think, otherwise you just get with window.scrollTop of DOM and assign it to your element's absolute position top