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How to always show submenu in vertical menu with this js file?

My question is if anybody knows what to change in the following js file to always show submenu on the vertical menu , meaning to show the submenu on page load and stay shown whether i hover on it or not, in clear make it part of the vertical menu and not an hidden sub menu that you have to hover on the parent category to access.
What do i need to change in the following code to acomplish that, :
Thanks in advance guys !
* DC Vertical Mega Menu - jQuery vertical mega menu
* Copyright (c) 2011 Design Chemical
*
* Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses:
* http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
* http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
*
*/
(function($){
//define the new for the plugin ans how to call it
$.fn.dcVerticalMegaMenu = function(options){
//set default options
var defaults = {
classParent: 'dc-mega',
arrow: true,
classArrow: 'dc-mega-icon',
classContainer: 'sub-container',
classSubMenu: 'sub',
classMega: 'mega',
classSubParent: 'mega-hdr',
classSubLink: 'mega-hdr',
classRow: 'row',
rowItems: 3,
speed: 'fast',
effect: 'show',
direction: 'right',
menubg: '0',
menufixwidth: '0',
menufixheight: '0'
};
//call in the default otions
var options = $.extend(defaults, options);
var $dcVerticalMegaMenuObj = this;
//act upon the element that is passed into the design
return $dcVerticalMegaMenuObj.each(function(options){
$mega = $(this);
if(defaults.direction == 'left'){
$mega.addClass('left');
} else {
$mega.addClass('right');
}
// Get Menu Width
var megaWidth = $mega.width();
// Set up menu
$('> li',$mega).each(function(){
var $parent = $(this);
var $megaSub = $('> ul',$parent);
if($megaSub.length > 0){
$('> a',$parent).addClass(defaults.classParent).append('<span class="'+defaults.classArrow+'"></span>');
$megaSub.addClass(defaults.classSubMenu).wrap('<div class="'+defaults.classContainer+'" />');
var $container = $('.'+defaults.classContainer,$parent);
if($('ul',$megaSub).length > 0){
$parent.addClass(defaults.classParent+'-li');
$container.addClass(defaults.classMega);
// Set sub headers
$('> li',$megaSub).each(function(){
$(this).addClass('mega-unit');
if($('> ul',this).length){
$(this).addClass(defaults.classSubParent);
$('> a',this).addClass(defaults.classSubParent+'-a');
} else {
$(this).addClass(defaults.classSubLink);
$('> a',this).addClass(defaults.classSubLink+'-a');
}
});
$('> li li',$megaSub).each(function(){
if($('> ul',this).length){
$(this).addClass('mega-sub3'); //rajib
$('.mega-sub3 ul').addClass("show3div");
}
});
} else {
$container.addClass('non-'+defaults.classMega);
if(defaults.menubg==1){
var catimages =$('.non-'+defaults.classMega).closest("li").attr('id');
catimages = catimages.replace(/\s+/g, '-').toLowerCase();
$('.non-'+defaults.classMega).css('background','#333 url(modules/leftmegamenu/bgimages/'+catimages+'.gif) no-repeat right bottom');
}
}
}
var $container = $('.'+defaults.classContainer,$parent);
var subWidth = $megaSub.outerWidth(true);
var subHeight = $container.height();
if(defaults.menufixwidth>0){
var subWidth = defaults.menufixwidth;
}
if(defaults.menufixheight>0){
var subHeight = defaults.menufixheight;
}
var itemHeight = $parent.outerHeight(true);
// Set position to top of parent
$container.css({
height: subHeight+'px',
width: subWidth+'px',
zIndex: '1000'
}).hide();
});
// HoverIntent Configuration
var config = {
sensitivity: 2, // number = sensitivity threshold (must be 1 or higher)
interval: 10, // number = milliseconds for onMouseOver polling interval
over: megaOver, // function = onMouseOver callback (REQUIRED)
timeout: 0, // number = milliseconds delay before onMouseOut
out: megaOut // function = onMouseOut callback (REQUIRED)
};
$('li',$dcVerticalMegaMenuObj).hoverIntent(config);
function megaOver(){
$(this).addClass('mega-hover');
var $link = $('> a',this);
var $subNav = $('.sub',this);
var $container = $('.sub-container',this);
var width = defaults.menufixwidth;
var outerHeight = $container.outerHeight();
var height = defaults.menufixheight;
var itemHeight = $(this).outerHeight(true);
var offset = $link.offset();
var scrollTop = $(window).scrollTop();
var offset = offset.top - scrollTop
var bodyHeight = $(window).height();
var maxHeight = bodyHeight - offset;
var xsHeight = maxHeight - outerHeight;
if(defaults.menubg==1){
var catimages =$(this).closest("li").attr('id');
catimages = catimages.replace(/\s+/g, '-').toLowerCase();
$container.css({
background: '#333 url(modules/leftmegamenu/bgimages/'+catimages+'.gif) no-repeat right bottom'
});
}
if(xsHeight < 0){
var containerMargin = xsHeight - itemHeight;
$container.css({marginTop: containerMargin+'px'});
}
var containerPosition = {right: megaWidth};
if(defaults.direction == 'right'){
containerPosition = {left: megaWidth};
}
if(defaults.effect == 'fade'){
$container.css(containerPosition).fadeIn(defaults.speed);
}
if(defaults.effect == 'show'){
$container.css(containerPosition).show();
}
if(defaults.effect == 'slide'){
$container.css({
width: 0,
height: 0,
opacity: 0});
if(defaults.direction == 'right'){
$container.show().css({
left: megaWidth
});
} else {
$container.show().css({
right: megaWidth
});
}
$container.animate({
width: width,
height: height,
opacity: 1
}, defaults.speed);
}
}
function megaOut(){
$(this).removeClass('mega-hover');
var $container = $('.sub-container',this);
$container.hide();
}
});
};
})(jQuery);
$(document).ready(function($){
// menu slide hoverIntend
$('#rajbrowsecat').hoverIntent({
over: startHover,
out: endHover,
timeout: 1000
});
function startHover(e){
$('#rajdropdownmenu').slideDown(200)
}
function endHover(){
$('#rajdropdownmenu').slideUp(600)
}
// menu slide hoverIntend
$('#rajmegamenu').dcVerticalMegaMenu({
rowItems: '5',
speed: 'fast',
effect: 'slide',
direction: 'right',
menubg: '1',
menufixwidth: '236',
menufixheight: '155'
});
});

UPDATE:
So i managed to do it by diabling all the code (with /*) related to hover effect from the line "// HoverIntent Configuration" to "// menu slide hoverIntend" and by twicking the css a bit for presentation , seemed to do the trick to always showing submenus but for those who are interested i also found a way by adding to the css the line "height:auto", that also seemed to work fairly nicely.
Anyway thanks guys for yor answers anyway , it's always nice to to know that we have a place you can turn to when we are stuck !

How to detect if element has 'auto' height

Both window.getComputedStyle(element).height and element.clientHeight are returning the current height of the element in pixels, regardless of the value set in the CSS.
Is there any way to find out if the height was set to auto, or other units than pixels ?
One solution that #pvnarula suggests through the page he linked is to temporarily change the contents of the element, then compare heights.
A little bit hacky...

Please try:
document.getElementById("ele_id").style.height
Also check the following plugin:
http://gregpettit.ca/2012/jquery-check-if-element-has-auto-widthheight/

Update:
Based on other answers and lot of online research I came up with a mix of everything in a single function. Check out the jsfiddle here:
https://jsfiddle.net/oriadam/d01ap7r6/3/
// input a jQuery element
// return true for elements with auto height (90-100% is considered auto as well)
// return false for elements with fixed height
function is_height_auto($e) {
var e = $e[0],
// check fixed style:
chk = function(value) {
return /\d/.test(value) && !/^(100|9\d)\%/.test(value);
};
// start from the first, easiest, inline styles
if (chk(e.style.height)) {
// console.log('fixed for having style', e.style.height)
return false;
}
// start from the first, easiest, inline styles
var overflow = getComputedStyle(e)['overflow'];
if (overflow == 'scroll' || overflow == 'auto' || (e.tagName == 'BODY' && overflow == 'visible')) {
// console.log('auto for having overflow or is body', getComputedStyle(e)['overflow'], e.tagName);
return true;
}
// deprecated chrome way - check each rule that applies to the element
if (typeof getMatchedCSSRules == 'function') {
var i, MatchedCSSRules = getMatchedCSSRules(e) || [];
for (i = MatchedCSSRules.length; i; i--) {
if (MatchedCSSRules[i - 1].style.height) {
// console.log('found height at MatchedCSSRules[' + (i - 1) + ']: ', MatchedCSSRules[i - 1], ' All matches: ', MatchedCSSRules)
return !chk(MatchedCSSRules[i - 1].style.height);
}
}
}
// append something, see if height was changed, remove the something
var originalHeight = $e.height(),
$ghost = jQuery('<b style="display:block;height:1px;width:1px;padding:0;margin:0;">').appendTo($e),
newHeight = $e.height();
$ghost.remove(); // cleanup
// console.log('Using a ghost got ',newHeight > originalHeight,' originalHeight=' + originalHeight + ' newHeight=' + newHeight)
return newHeight > originalHeight;
} //is_height_auto()
** Ghost element method explained (Previous answer):**
Greg Pettit had a pretty good answer in his blog, here is the main idea:
What’s unique about having auto height? Well, the fact that it allows height to change dynamically, of course!
Clone the element
Put it in visibility:hidden and position:absolute
Remove it's content
See if height changed (it should be around 0
now).
Cleanup
var isAutoHeight = function(element) {
// make a staging area for all our work.
$('body').append('');
// assume false by default
var autoHeight = false;
// clone the div and move it; get its height
var clone = element.clone();
clone.appendTo('#stage');
var initialHeight = clone.height();
// destroy all the content and compare height
clone.html('');
var currentHeight = clone.height();
if (currentHeight < initialHeight) {
autoHeight = true;
}
// get that clone and its smelly duplicate ID out of the DOM!
clone.remove();
// do the same for the stage
$('#stage').remove();
return autoHeight;
};

Ran into a bug using the method of clone->heightCheck->remove innerHTML->heightCompare. Where it does not register a change in height, even if the element has 100%/auto height.
Instead, this method appears to work:
let autoHeight = false;
// Set up stage area with 100% height/width
const stage = document.createElement('div');
stage.setAttribute('style', "position: relative; height: 100%; width: 100%;");
// Add stage to body
document.body.appendChild(stage);
// Clone the element and append to stage
const clone = element.cloneNode(false);
stage.appendChild(clone);
// Get Initial Height
const initialHeight = clone.offsetHeight;
// Squish content
stage.setAttribute('style', "position: relative; height: 1px; width: 1px;");
// Get new height
const currentHeight = clone.offsetHeight;
// Get max height (if it exists)
const hasMaxHeight = getComputedStyle(clone)["maxHeight"];
// Compare
if (currentHeight < initialHeight && hasMaxHeight == 'none') {
// Has 100% or auto height, and no maxHeight
} else if (hasMaxHeight !== 'none') {
// Flexible, but has a maxHeight
} else {
// Constrained by height size
}
// Remove elements
stage.remove();

Starting by Oriadam answer I created following jQuery function:
/**
* Checks if the element has explicitly set height by CSS styles.
* E.g.:
*
* var $myElement = jQuery('.my-element');
* if ($myElement.hasExplicitHeight()) {
* //...
* }
*
* This function is needed as .height() or .css('height') return a value, even
* if no height property was explicitly set using CSS.
*
* #returns {Boolean}
*/
jQuery.fn.hasExplicitHeight = function() {
var $element = jQuery(this);
var $clone = $element.clone();
$clone.html('');
$clone.css('visibility', 'hidden');
$clone.css('position', 'absolute');
$clone.insertAfter($element);
var hasExplicitHeight = $element.css('height') === $clone.css('height');
$clone.remove();
return hasExplicitHeight;
};
It works fine under condition that it is called only after the document is ready:
jQuery(function() {
// this code is launched only after the document is ready
jQuery('.my-element').hasExplicitHeight();
});

How to prevent document scrolling but allow scrolling inside div elements on websites for iOS and Android?

I created a website with jQueryMobile for iOS and Android.
I don't want the document itself to scroll. Instead, just an area (a <div> element) should be scrollable (via css property overflow-y:scroll).
So I disabled document scrolling via:
$(document).bind("touchstart", function(e){
e.preventDefault();
});
$(document).bind("touchmove", function(e){
e.preventDefault();
});
But that will also disable scrolling for all other elements in the document, no matter if overflow:scroll is set or not.
How can I solve this?

How about this CSS only solution:
https://jsfiddle.net/Volker_E/jwGBy/24/
body gets position: fixed; and every other element you wish an overflow: scroll;.
Works on mobile Chrome (WebKit)/Firefox 19/Opera 12.
You'll also see my various attempts towards a jQuery solution. But as soon as you're binding touchmove/touchstart to document, it hinders scrolling in the child div no matter if unbinded or not.
Disclaimer: Solutions to this problem are in many ways basically not very nice UX-wise! You'll never know how big the viewport of your visitors exactly is or which font-size they are using (client user-agent style like), therefore it could easily be, that important content is hidden to them in your document.

Maybe I misunderstood the question, but if I'm correct:
You want not to be able to scroll except a certain element so you:
$(document).bind("touchmove", function(e){
e.preventDefault();
});
Prevent everything within the document.
Why don't you just stop the event bubbling on the element where you wish to scroll?
(PS: you don't have to prevent touchstart -> if you use touch start for selecting elements instead of clicks that is prevented as well, touch move is only needed because then it is actually tracing the movement)
$('#element').on('touchmove', function (e) {
e.stopPropagation();
});
Now on the element CSS
#element {
overflow-y: scroll; // (vertical)
overflow-x: hidden; // (horizontal)
}
If you are on a mobile device, you can even go a step further.
You can force hardware accelerated scrolling (though not all mobile browsers support this);
Browser Overflow scroll:
Android Browser Yes
Blackberry Browser Yes
Chrome for Mobile Yes
Firefox Mobile Yes
IE Mobile Yes
Opera Mini No
Opera Mobile Kinda
Safari Yes
#element.nativescroll {
-webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch;
}
normal:
<div id="element"></div>
native feel:
<div id="element" class="nativescroll"></div>

Finally, I got it to work. Really simple:
var $layer = $("#layer");
$layer.bind('touchstart', function (ev) {
var $this = $(this);
var layer = $layer.get(0);
if ($this.scrollTop() === 0) $this.scrollTop(1);
var scrollTop = layer.scrollTop;
var scrollHeight = layer.scrollHeight;
var offsetHeight = layer.offsetHeight;
var contentHeight = scrollHeight - offsetHeight;
if (contentHeight == scrollTop) $this.scrollTop(scrollTop-1);
});

Here is a solution I am using:
$scrollElement is the scroll element, $scrollMask is a div with style position: fixed; top: 0; bottom: 0;.
The z-index of $scrollMask is smaller than $scrollElement.
$scrollElement.on('touchmove touchstart', function (e) {
e.stopPropagation();
});
$scrollMask.on('touchmove', function(e) {
e.stopPropagation();
e.preventDefault();
});

I was looking for a solution that did not require calling out specific areas that should scroll. Piecing together a few resources, here is what worked for me:
// Detects if element has scroll bar
$.fn.hasScrollBar = function() {
return this.get(0).scrollHeight > this.outerHeight();
}
$(document).on("touchstart", function(e) {
var $scroller;
var $target = $(e.target);
// Get which element could have scroll bars
if($target.hasScrollBar()) {
$scroller = $target;
} else {
$scroller = $target
.parents()
.filter(function() {
return $(this).hasScrollBar();
})
.first()
;
}
// Prevent if nothing is scrollable
if(!$scroller.length) {
e.preventDefault();
} else {
var top = $scroller[0].scrollTop;
var totalScroll = $scroller[0].scrollHeight;
var currentScroll = top + $scroller[0].offsetHeight;
// If at container edge, add a pixel to prevent outer scrolling
if(top === 0) {
$scroller[0].scrollTop = 1;
} else if(currentScroll === totalScroll) {
$scroller[0].scrollTop = top - 1;
}
}
});
This code requires jQuery.
Sources:
this post
https://github.com/luster-io/prevent-overscroll
How can I check if a scrollbar is visible?
Jquery check if any parent div have scroll bar
Update
I needed a vanilla JavaScript version of this, so the following is a modified version. I implemented a margin-checker and something that explicitly allows input/textareas to be clickable (I was running into issues with this on the project I used it on...it may not be necessary for your project). Keep in mind this is ES6 code.
const preventScrolling = e => {
const shouldAllowEvent = element => {
// Must be an element that is not the document or body
if(!element || element === document || element === document.body) {
return false;
}
// Allow any input or textfield events
if(['INPUT', 'TEXTAREA'].indexOf(element.tagName) !== -1) {
return true;
}
// Get margin and outerHeight for final check
const styles = window.getComputedStyle(element);
const margin = parseFloat(styles['marginTop']) +
parseFloat(styles['marginBottom']);
const outerHeight = Math.ceil(element.offsetHeight + margin);
return (element.scrollHeight > outerHeight) && (margin >= 0);
};
let target = e.target;
// Get first element to allow event or stop
while(target !== null) {
if(shouldAllowEvent(target)) {
break;
}
target = target.parentNode;
}
// Prevent if no elements
if(!target) {
e.preventDefault();
} else {
const top = target.scrollTop;
const totalScroll = target.scrollHeight;
const currentScroll = top + target.offsetHeight;
// If at container edge, add a pixel to prevent outer scrolling
if(top === 0) {
target.scrollTop = 1;
} else if(currentScroll === totalScroll) {
target.scrollTop = top - 1;
}
}
};
document.addEventListener('touchstart', preventScrolling);
document.addEventListener('mousedown', preventScrolling);

In my case, I have a scrollable body and a scrollable floating menu over it. Both have to be scrollable, but I had to prevent body scrolling when "floating menu" (position:fixed) received touch events and was scrolling and it reached top or bottom. By default browser then started to scroll the body.
I really liked jimmont's answer, but unfortunatelly it did not work well on all devices and browsers, especially with a fast and long swipe.
I ended up using MOMENTUM SCROLLING USING JQUERY (hnldesign.nl) on floating menu, which prevents default browser scrolling and then animates scrolling itself. I include that code here for completeness:
/**
* jQuery inertial Scroller v1.5
* (c)2013 hnldesign.nl
* This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/.
**/
/*jslint browser: true*/
/*global $, jQuery*/
/* SETTINGS */
var i_v = {
i_touchlistener : '.inertialScroll', // element to monitor for touches, set to null to use document. Otherwise use quotes. Eg. '.myElement'. Note: if the finger leaves this listener while still touching, movement is stopped.
i_scrollElement : '.inertialScroll', // element (class) to be scrolled on touch movement
i_duration : window.innerHeight * 1.5, // (ms) duration of the inertial scrolling simulation. Devices with larger screens take longer durations (phone vs tablet is around 500ms vs 1500ms). This is a fixed value and does not influence speed and amount of momentum.
i_speedLimit : 1.2, // set maximum speed. Higher values will allow faster scroll (which comes down to a bigger offset for the duration of the momentum scroll) note: touch motion determines actual speed, this is just a limit.
i_handleY : true, // should scroller handle vertical movement on element?
i_handleX : true, // should scroller handle horizontal movement on element?
i_moveThreshold : 100, // (ms) determines if a swipe occurred: time between last updated movement # touchmove and time # touchend, if smaller than this value, trigger inertial scrolling
i_offsetThreshold : 30, // (px) determines, together with i_offsetThreshold if a swipe occurred: if calculated offset is above this threshold
i_startThreshold : 5, // (px) how many pixels finger needs to move before a direction (horizontal or vertical) is chosen. This will make the direction detection more accurate, but can introduce a delay when starting the swipe if set too high
i_acceleration : 0.5, // increase the multiplier by this value, each time the user swipes again when still scrolling. The multiplier is used to multiply the offset. Set to 0 to disable.
i_accelerationT : 250 // (ms) time between successive swipes that determines if the multiplier is increased (if lower than this value)
};
/* stop editing here */
//set some required vars
i_v.i_time = {};
i_v.i_elem = null;
i_v.i_elemH = null;
i_v.i_elemW = null;
i_v.multiplier = 1;
// Define easing function. This is based on a quartic 'out' curve. You can generate your own at http://www.timotheegroleau.com/Flash/experiments/easing_function_generator.htm
if ($.easing.hnlinertial === undefined) {
$.easing.hnlinertial = function (x, t, b, c, d) {
"use strict";
var ts = (t /= d) * t, tc = ts * t;
return b + c * (-1 * ts * ts + 4 * tc + -6 * ts + 4 * t);
};
}
$(i_v.i_touchlistener || document)
.on('touchstart touchmove touchend', function (e) {
"use strict";
//prevent default scrolling
e.preventDefault();
//store timeStamp for this event
i_v.i_time[e.type] = e.timeStamp;
})
.on('touchstart', function (e) {
"use strict";
this.tarElem = $(e.target);
this.elemNew = this.tarElem.closest(i_v.i_scrollElement).length > 0 ? this.tarElem.closest(i_v.i_scrollElement) : $(i_v.i_scrollElement).eq(0);
//dupecheck, optimizes code a bit for when the element selected is still the same as last time
this.sameElement = i_v.i_elem ? i_v.i_elem[0] == this.elemNew[0] : false;
//no need to redo these if element is unchanged
if (!this.sameElement) {
//set the element to scroll
i_v.i_elem = this.elemNew;
//get dimensions
i_v.i_elemH = i_v.i_elem.innerHeight();
i_v.i_elemW = i_v.i_elem.innerWidth();
//check element for applicable overflows and reevaluate settings
this.i_scrollableY = !!((i_v.i_elemH < i_v.i_elem.prop('scrollHeight') && i_v.i_handleY));
this.i_scrollableX = !!((i_v.i_elemW < i_v.i_elem.prop('scrollWidth') && i_v.i_handleX));
}
//get coordinates of touch event
this.pageY = e.originalEvent.touches[0].pageY;
this.pageX = e.originalEvent.touches[0].pageX;
if (i_v.i_elem.is(':animated') && (i_v.i_time.touchstart - i_v.i_time.touchend) < i_v.i_accelerationT) {
//user swiped while still animating, increase the multiplier for the offset
i_v.multiplier += i_v.i_acceleration;
} else {
//else reset multiplier
i_v.multiplier = 1;
}
i_v.i_elem
//stop any animations still running on element (this enables 'tap to stop')
.stop(true, false)
//store current scroll positions of element
.data('scrollTop', i_v.i_elem.scrollTop())
.data('scrollLeft', i_v.i_elem.scrollLeft());
})
.on('touchmove', function (e) {
"use strict";
//check if startThreshold is met
this.go = (Math.abs(this.pageX - e.originalEvent.touches[0].pageX) > i_v.i_startThreshold || Math.abs(this.pageY - e.originalEvent.touches[0].pageY) > i_v.i_startThreshold);
})
.on('touchmove touchend', function (e) {
"use strict";
//check if startThreshold is met
if (this.go) {
//set animpar1 to be array
this.animPar1 = {};
//handle events
switch (e.type) {
case 'touchmove':
this.vertical = Math.abs(this.pageX - e.originalEvent.touches[0].pageX) < Math.abs(this.pageY - e.originalEvent.touches[0].pageY); //find out in which direction we are scrolling
this.distance = this.vertical ? this.pageY - e.originalEvent.touches[0].pageY : this.pageX - e.originalEvent.touches[0].pageX; //determine distance between touches
this.acc = Math.abs(this.distance / (i_v.i_time.touchmove - i_v.i_time.touchstart)); //calculate acceleration during movement (crucial)
//determine which property to animate, reset animProp first for when no criteria is matched
this.animProp = null;
if (this.vertical && this.i_scrollableY) { this.animProp = 'scrollTop'; } else if (!this.vertical && this.i_scrollableX) { this.animProp = 'scrollLeft'; }
//set animation parameters
if (this.animProp) { this.animPar1[this.animProp] = i_v.i_elem.data(this.animProp) + this.distance; }
this.animPar2 = { duration: 0 };
break;
case 'touchend':
this.touchTime = i_v.i_time.touchend - i_v.i_time.touchmove; //calculate touchtime: the time between release and last movement
this.i_maxOffset = (this.vertical ? i_v.i_elemH : i_v.i_elemW) * i_v.i_speedLimit; //(re)calculate max offset
//calculate the offset (the extra pixels for the momentum effect
this.offset = Math.pow(this.acc, 2) * (this.vertical ? i_v.i_elemH : i_v.i_elemW);
this.offset = (this.offset > this.i_maxOffset) ? this.i_maxOffset : this.offset;
this.offset = (this.distance < 0) ? -i_v.multiplier * this.offset : i_v.multiplier * this.offset;
//if the touchtime is low enough, the offset is not null and the offset is above the offsetThreshold, (re)set the animation parameters to include momentum
if ((this.touchTime < i_v.i_moveThreshold) && this.offset !== 0 && Math.abs(this.offset) > (i_v.i_offsetThreshold)) {
if (this.animProp) { this.animPar1[this.animProp] = i_v.i_elem.data(this.animProp) + this.distance + this.offset; }
this.animPar2 = { duration: i_v.i_duration, easing : 'hnlinertial', complete: function () {
//reset multiplier
i_v.multiplier = 1;
}};
}
break;
}
// run the animation on the element
if ((this.i_scrollableY || this.i_scrollableX) && this.animProp) {
i_v.i_elem.stop(true, false).animate(this.animPar1, this.animPar2);
}
}
});
Another observation: I also tried various combinations of e.stopPropagation() on menu div and e.preventDefault() on window/body at touchmove event, but without success, I only managed to prevent scrolling I wanted and not scrolling I did not want. I also tried to have a div over whole document, with z-index between document and menu, visible only between touchstart and touchend, but it did not receive touchmove event (because it was under menu div).

Here is a solution that uses jQuery for the events.
var stuff = {};
$('#scroller').on('touchstart',stuff,function(e){
e.data.max = this.scrollHeight - this.offsetHeight;
e.data.y = e.originalEvent.pageY;
}).on('touchmove',stuff,function(e){
var dy = e.data.y - e.originalEvent.pageY;
// if scrolling up and at the top, or down and at the bottom
if((dy < 0 && this.scrollTop < 1)||(dy > 0 && this.scrollTop >= e.data.max)){
e.preventDefault();
};
});

First position the innerScroller wherever you want on the screen and then fix outerScroller by setting it css to 'hidden'. When you want to restore it you can set it back to 'auto' or 'scroll', whichever you used previously.

Here is my implementation which works on touch devices and laptops.
function ScrollManager() {
let startYCoord;
function getScrollDiff(event) {
let delta = 0;
switch (event.type) {
case 'mousewheel':
delta = event.wheelDelta ? event.wheelDelta : -1 * event.deltaY;
break;
case 'touchstart':
startYCoord = event.touches[0].clientY;
break;
case 'touchmove': {
const yCoord = event.touches[0].clientY;
delta = yCoord - startYCoord;
startYCoord = yCoord;
break;
}
}
return delta;
}
function getScrollDirection(event) {
return getScrollDiff(event) >= 0 ? 'UP' : 'DOWN';
}
function blockScrollOutside(targetElement, event) {
const { target } = event;
const isScrollAllowed = targetElement.contains(target);
const isTouchStart = event.type === 'touchstart';
let doScrollBlock = !isTouchStart;
if (isScrollAllowed) {
const isScrollingUp = getScrollDirection(event) === 'UP';
const elementHeight = targetElement.scrollHeight - targetElement.offsetHeight;
doScrollBlock =
doScrollBlock &&
((isScrollingUp && targetElement.scrollTop <= 0) ||
(!isScrollingUp && targetElement.scrollTop >= elementHeight));
}
if (doScrollBlock) {
event.preventDefault();
}
}
return {
blockScrollOutside,
getScrollDirection,
};
}
const scrollManager = ScrollManager();
const testBlock = document.body.querySelector('.test');
function handleScroll(event) {
scrollManager.blockScrollOutside(testBlock, event);
}
window.addEventListener('scroll', handleScroll);
window.addEventListener('mousewheel', handleScroll);
window.addEventListener('touchstart', handleScroll);
window.addEventListener('touchmove', handleScroll);
.main {
border: 1px solid red;
height: 200vh;
}
.test {
border: 1px solid green;
height: 300px;
width: 300px;
overflow-y: auto;
position: absolute;
top: 100px;
left: 50%;
}
.content {
height: 100vh;
}
<div class="main">
<div class="test">
<div class="content"></div>
</div>
</div>

This is what worked for me for Android and IOS devices.
Imagine that we have a div class="backdrop"> element that we don't want to be scrolled, ever. But we want to be able to scroll over an element that is on top of this backdrop.
function handleTouchMove(event) {
const [backdrop] = document.getElementsByClassName('backdrop');
const isScrollingBackdrop = backdrop === event.target;
isScrollingBackdrop ? event.preventDefault() : event.stopPropagation();
}
window.addEventListener('touchmove', handleTouchMove, { passive: false });
So, we listen to the touchmove event, if we're scrolling over the backdrop, we prevent it. If we're scrolling over something else, we allow it but stop its propagation so it doesn't scroll also the backdrop.
Of course this is pretty basic and can be re-worked and expanded a lot, but this is what fixed my issue in a VueJs2 project.
Hope it helps! ;)

I was able to disable scrolling of the main document by adding css "overflow-y: hidden" on HTML.
It did not mess with positioning at all.

Smooth scroll without the use of jQuery

I'm coding up a page where I only want to use raw JavaScript code for UI without any interference of plugins or frameworks.
And now I'm struggling with finding a way to scroll over the page smoothly without jQuery.

Native browser smooth scrolling in JavaScript is like this:
// scroll to specific values,
// same as window.scroll() method.
// for scrolling a particular distance, use window.scrollBy().
window.scroll({
top: 2500,
left: 0,
behavior: 'smooth'
});
// scroll certain amounts from current position
window.scrollBy({
top: 100, // negative value acceptable
left: 0,
behavior: 'smooth'
});
// scroll to a certain element
document.querySelector('.hello').scrollIntoView({
behavior: 'smooth'
});

Try this smooth scrolling demo, or an algorithm like:
Get the current top location using self.pageYOffset
Get the position of element till where you want to scroll to: element.offsetTop
Do a for loop to reach there, which will be quite fast or use a timer to do smooth scroll till that position using window.scrollTo
See also the other popular answer to this question.
Andrew Johnson's original code:
function currentYPosition() {
// Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
if (self.pageYOffset) return self.pageYOffset;
// Internet Explorer 6 - standards mode
if (document.documentElement && document.documentElement.scrollTop)
return document.documentElement.scrollTop;
// Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8
if (document.body.scrollTop) return document.body.scrollTop;
return 0;
}
function elmYPosition(eID) {
var elm = document.getElementById(eID);
var y = elm.offsetTop;
var node = elm;
while (node.offsetParent && node.offsetParent != document.body) {
node = node.offsetParent;
y += node.offsetTop;
} return y;
}
function smoothScroll(eID) {
var startY = currentYPosition();
var stopY = elmYPosition(eID);
var distance = stopY > startY ? stopY - startY : startY - stopY;
if (distance < 100) {
scrollTo(0, stopY); return;
}
var speed = Math.round(distance / 100);
if (speed >= 20) speed = 20;
var step = Math.round(distance / 25);
var leapY = stopY > startY ? startY + step : startY - step;
var timer = 0;
if (stopY > startY) {
for ( var i=startY; i<stopY; i+=step ) {
setTimeout("window.scrollTo(0, "+leapY+")", timer * speed);
leapY += step; if (leapY > stopY) leapY = stopY; timer++;
} return;
}
for ( var i=startY; i>stopY; i-=step ) {
setTimeout("window.scrollTo(0, "+leapY+")", timer * speed);
leapY -= step; if (leapY < stopY) leapY = stopY; timer++;
}
}
Related links:
https://www.sitepoint.com/smooth-scrolling-vanilla-javascript/
https://github.com/zengabor/zenscroll/blob/dist/zenscroll.js
https://github.com/cferdinandi/smooth-scroll/blob/master/src/js/smooth-scroll.js
https://github.com/alicelieutier/smoothScroll/blob/master/smoothscroll.js

Algorithm
Scrolling an element requires changing its scrollTop value over time. For a given point in time, calculate a new scrollTop value. To animate smoothly, interpolate using a smooth-step algorithm.
Calculate scrollTop as follows:
var point = smooth_step(start_time, end_time, now);
var scrollTop = Math.round(start_top + (distance * point));
Where:
start_time is the time the animation started;
end_time is when the animation will end (start_time + duration);
start_top is the scrollTop value at the beginning; and
distance is the difference between the desired end value and the start value (target - start_top).
A robust solution should detect when animating is interrupted, and more. Read my post about Smooth Scrolling without jQuery for details.
Demo
See the JSFiddle.
Implementation
The code:
/**
Smoothly scroll element to the given target (element.scrollTop)
for the given duration
Returns a promise that's fulfilled when done, or rejected if
interrupted
*/
var smooth_scroll_to = function(element, target, duration) {
target = Math.round(target);
duration = Math.round(duration);
if (duration < 0) {
return Promise.reject("bad duration");
}
if (duration === 0) {
element.scrollTop = target;
return Promise.resolve();
}
var start_time = Date.now();
var end_time = start_time + duration;
var start_top = element.scrollTop;
var distance = target - start_top;
// based on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoothstep
var smooth_step = function(start, end, point) {
if(point <= start) { return 0; }
if(point >= end) { return 1; }
var x = (point - start) / (end - start); // interpolation
return x*x*(3 - 2*x);
}
return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
// This is to keep track of where the element's scrollTop is
// supposed to be, based on what we're doing
var previous_top = element.scrollTop;
// This is like a think function from a game loop
var scroll_frame = function() {
if(element.scrollTop != previous_top) {
reject("interrupted");
return;
}
// set the scrollTop for this frame
var now = Date.now();
var point = smooth_step(start_time, end_time, now);
var frameTop = Math.round(start_top + (distance * point));
element.scrollTop = frameTop;
// check if we're done!
if(now >= end_time) {
resolve();
return;
}
// If we were supposed to scroll but didn't, then we
// probably hit the limit, so consider it done; not
// interrupted.
if(element.scrollTop === previous_top
&& element.scrollTop !== frameTop) {
resolve();
return;
}
previous_top = element.scrollTop;
// schedule next frame for execution
setTimeout(scroll_frame, 0);
}
// boostrap the animation process
setTimeout(scroll_frame, 0);
});
}

You can use the new Scroll Behaviour CSS Property.
for example, add the below line to your CSS.
html{
scroll-behavior:smooth;
}
and this will result in a native smooth scrolling feature.
see demo here
All modern browsers support the scroll-behavior property.
Read More about Scroll behavior

I've made an example without jQuery here : http://codepen.io/sorinnn/pen/ovzdq
/**
by Nemes Ioan Sorin - not an jQuery big fan
therefore this script is for those who love the old clean coding style
#id = the id of the element who need to bring into view
Note : this demo scrolls about 12.700 pixels from Link1 to Link3
*/
(function()
{
window.setTimeout = window.setTimeout; //
})();
var smoothScr = {
iterr : 30, // set timeout miliseconds ..decreased with 1ms for each iteration
tm : null, //timeout local variable
stopShow: function()
{
clearTimeout(this.tm); // stopp the timeout
this.iterr = 30; // reset milisec iterator to original value
},
getRealTop : function (el) // helper function instead of jQuery
{
var elm = el;
var realTop = 0;
do
{
realTop += elm.offsetTop;
elm = elm.offsetParent;
}
while(elm);
return realTop;
},
getPageScroll : function() // helper function instead of jQuery
{
var pgYoff = window.pageYOffset || document.body.scrollTop || document.documentElement.scrollTop;
return pgYoff;
},
anim : function (id) // the main func
{
this.stopShow(); // for click on another button or link
var eOff, pOff, tOff, scrVal, pos, dir, step;
eOff = document.getElementById(id).offsetTop; // element offsetTop
tOff = this.getRealTop(document.getElementById(id).parentNode); // terminus point
pOff = this.getPageScroll(); // page offsetTop
if (pOff === null || isNaN(pOff) || pOff === 'undefined') pOff = 0;
scrVal = eOff - pOff; // actual scroll value;
if (scrVal > tOff)
{
pos = (eOff - tOff - pOff);
dir = 1;
}
if (scrVal < tOff)
{
pos = (pOff + tOff) - eOff;
dir = -1;
}
if(scrVal !== tOff)
{
step = ~~((pos / 4) +1) * dir;
if(this.iterr > 1) this.iterr -= 1;
else this.itter = 0; // decrease the timeout timer value but not below 0
window.scrollBy(0, step);
this.tm = window.setTimeout(function()
{
smoothScr.anim(id);
}, this.iterr);
}
if(scrVal === tOff)
{
this.stopShow(); // reset function values
return;
}
}
}

Modern browsers has support for CSS "scroll-behavior: smooth" property. So, we even don't need any Javascript at all for this. Just add this for the "html" element, and use usual anchors and links.
scroll-behavior MDN docs

I recently set out to solve this problem in a situation where jQuery wasn't an option, so I'm logging my solution here just for posterity.
var scroll = (function() {
var elementPosition = function(a) {
return function() {
return a.getBoundingClientRect().top;
};
};
var scrolling = function( elementID ) {
var el = document.getElementById( elementID ),
elPos = elementPosition( el ),
duration = 400,
increment = Math.round( Math.abs( elPos() )/40 ),
time = Math.round( duration/increment ),
prev = 0,
E;
function scroller() {
E = elPos();
if (E === prev) {
return;
} else {
prev = E;
}
increment = (E > -20 && E < 20) ? ((E > - 5 && E < 5) ? 1 : 5) : increment;
if (E > 1 || E < -1) {
if (E < 0) {
window.scrollBy( 0,-increment );
} else {
window.scrollBy( 0,increment );
}
setTimeout(scroller, time);
} else {
el.scrollTo( 0,0 );
}
}
scroller();
};
return {
To: scrolling
}
})();
/* usage */
scroll.To('elementID');
The scroll() function uses the Revealing Module Pattern to pass the target element's id to its scrolling() function, via scroll.To('id'), which sets the values used by the scroller() function.
Breakdown
In scrolling():
el : the target DOM object
elPos : returns a function via elememtPosition() which gives the position of the target element relative to the top of the page each time it's called.
duration : transition time in milliseconds.
increment : divides the starting position of the target element into 40 steps.
time : sets the timing of each step.
prev : the target element's previous position in scroller().
E : holds the target element's position in scroller().
The actual work is done by the scroller() function which continues to call itself (via setTimeout()) until the target element is at the top of the page or the page can scroll no more.
Each time scroller() is called it checks the current position of the target element (held in variable E) and if that is > 1 OR < -1 and if the page is still scrollable shifts the window by increment pixels - up or down depending if E is a positive or negative value. When E is neither > 1 OR < -1, or E === prev the function stops. I added the DOMElement.scrollTo() method on completion just to make sure the target element was bang on the top of the window (not that you'd notice it being out by a fraction of a pixel!).
The if statement on line 2 of scroller() checks to see if the page is scrolling (in cases where the target might be towards the bottom of the page and the page can scroll no further) by checking E against its previous position (prev).
The ternary condition below it reduce the increment value as E approaches zero. This stops the page overshooting one way and then bouncing back to overshoot the other, and then bouncing back to overshoot the other again, ping-pong style, to infinity and beyond.
If your page is more that c.4000px high you might want to increase the values in the ternary expression's first condition (here at +/-20) and/or the divisor which sets the increment value (here at 40).
Playing about with duration, the divisor which sets increment, and the values in the ternary condition of scroller() should allow you to tailor the function to suit your page.
JSFiddle
N.B.Tested in up-to-date versions of Firefox and Chrome on Lubuntu, and Firefox, Chrome and IE on Windows8.

I've made something like this.
I have no idea if its working in IE8.
Tested in IE9, Mozilla, Chrome, Edge.
function scroll(toElement, speed) {
var windowObject = window;
var windowPos = windowObject.pageYOffset;
var pointer = toElement.getAttribute('href').slice(1);
var elem = document.getElementById(pointer);
var elemOffset = elem.offsetTop;
var counter = setInterval(function() {
windowPos;
if (windowPos > elemOffset) { // from bottom to top
windowObject.scrollTo(0, windowPos);
windowPos -= speed;
if (windowPos <= elemOffset) { // scrolling until elemOffset is higher than scrollbar position, cancel interval and set scrollbar to element position
clearInterval(counter);
windowObject.scrollTo(0, elemOffset);
}
} else { // from top to bottom
windowObject.scrollTo(0, windowPos);
windowPos += speed;
if (windowPos >= elemOffset) { // scroll until scrollbar is lower than element, cancel interval and set scrollbar to element position
clearInterval(counter);
windowObject.scrollTo(0, elemOffset);
}
}
}, 1);
}
//call example
var navPointer = document.getElementsByClassName('nav__anchor');
for (i = 0; i < navPointer.length; i++) {
navPointer[i].addEventListener('click', function(e) {
scroll(this, 18);
e.preventDefault();
});
}
Description
pointer—get element and chceck if it has attribute "href" if yes,
get rid of "#"
elem—pointer variable without "#"
elemOffset—offset of "scroll to" element from the top of the page

You can use
document.querySelector('your-element').scrollIntoView({behavior: 'smooth'});
If you want to scroll top the top of the page, you can just place an empty element in the top, and smooth scroll to that one.

With using the following smooth scrolling is working fine:
html {
scroll-behavior: smooth;
}

<script>
var set = 0;
function animatescroll(x, y) {
if (set == 0) {
var val72 = 0;
var val73 = 0;
var setin = 0;
set = 1;
var interval = setInterval(function() {
if (setin == 0) {
val72++;
val73 += x / 1000;
if (val72 == 1000) {
val73 = 0;
interval = clearInterval(interval);
}
document.getElementById(y).scrollTop = val73;
}
}, 1);
}
}
</script>
x = scrollTop
y = id of the div that is used to scroll
Note:
For making the body to scroll give the body an ID.

Here is my solution. Works in most browsers
document.getElementById("scrollHere").scrollIntoView({behavior: "smooth"});
Docs
document.getElementById("end").scrollIntoView({behavior: "smooth"});
body {margin: 0px; display: block; height: 100%; background-image: linear-gradient(red, yellow);}
.start {display: block; margin: 100px 10px 1000px 0px;}
.end {display: block; margin: 0px 0px 100px 0px;}
<div class="start">Start</div>
<div class="end" id="end">End</div>

There are many different methods for smooth scrolling in JavaScript. The most common ones are listed below.
To scroll to a certain position in an exact amount of time, window.requestAnimationFrame can be put to use, calculating the appropriate current position each time. setTimeout can be used to a similar effect when requestAnimationFrame is not supported. (To scroll to a specific element with the function below, just set the position to element.offsetTop.)
/*
#param pos: the y-position to scroll to (in pixels)
#param time: the exact amount of time the scrolling will take (in milliseconds)
*/
function scrollToSmoothly(pos, time) {
var currentPos = window.pageYOffset;
var start = null;
if(time == null) time = 500;
pos = +pos, time = +time;
window.requestAnimationFrame(function step(currentTime) {
start = !start ? currentTime : start;
var progress = currentTime - start;
if (currentPos < pos) {
window.scrollTo(0, ((pos - currentPos) * progress / time) + currentPos);
} else {
window.scrollTo(0, currentPos - ((currentPos - pos) * progress / time));
}
if (progress < time) {
window.requestAnimationFrame(step);
} else {
window.scrollTo(0, pos);
}
});
}
Demo:
/*
#param time: the exact amount of time the scrolling will take (in milliseconds)
#param pos: the y-position to scroll to (in pixels)
*/
function scrollToSmoothly(pos, time) {
var currentPos = window.pageYOffset;
var start = null;
if(time == null) time = 500;
pos = +pos, time = +time;
window.requestAnimationFrame(function step(currentTime) {
start = !start ? currentTime : start;
var progress = currentTime - start;
if (currentPos < pos) {
window.scrollTo(0, ((pos - currentPos) * progress / time) + currentPos);
} else {
window.scrollTo(0, currentPos - ((currentPos - pos) * progress / time));
}
if (progress < time) {
window.requestAnimationFrame(step);
} else {
window.scrollTo(0, pos);
}
});
}
<button onClick="scrollToSmoothly(document.querySelector('div').offsetTop, 300)">
Scroll To Div (300ms)
</button>
<button onClick="scrollToSmoothly(document.querySelector('div').offsetTop, 200)">
Scroll To Div (200ms)
</button>
<button onClick="scrollToSmoothly(document.querySelector('div').offsetTop, 100)">
Scroll To Div (100ms)
</button>
<button onClick="scrollToSmoothly(document.querySelector('div').offsetTop, 50)">
Scroll To Div (50ms)
</button>
<button onClick="scrollToSmoothly(document.querySelector('div').offsetTop, 1000)">
Scroll To Div (1000ms)
</button>
<div style="margin: 500px 0px;">
DIV<p/>
<button onClick="scrollToSmoothly(0, 500)">
Back To Top
</button>
<button onClick="scrollToSmoothly(document.body.scrollHeight)">
Scroll To Bottom
</button>
</div>
<div style="margin: 500px 0px;">
</div>
<button style="margin-top: 100px;" onClick="scrollToSmoothly(500, 3000)">
Scroll To y-position 500px (3000ms)
</button>
For more complex cases, the SmoothScroll.js library can be used, which handles smooth scrolling both vertically and horizontally, scrolling inside other container elements, different easing behaviors, scrolling relatively from the current position, and more.
var easings = document.getElementById("easings");
for(var key in smoothScroll.easing){
if(smoothScroll.easing.hasOwnProperty(key)){
var option = document.createElement('option');
option.text = option.value = key;
easings.add(option);
}
}
document.getElementById('to-bottom').addEventListener('click', function(e){
smoothScroll({yPos: 'end', easing: easings.value, duration: 2000});
});
document.getElementById('to-top').addEventListener('click', function(e){
smoothScroll({yPos: 'start', easing: easings.value, duration: 2000});
});
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/LieutenantPeacock/SmoothScroll#1.2.0/src/smoothscroll.min.js" integrity="sha384-UdJHYJK9eDBy7vML0TvJGlCpvrJhCuOPGTc7tHbA+jHEgCgjWpPbmMvmd/2bzdXU" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<!-- Taken from one of the library examples -->
Easing: <select id="easings"></select>
<button id="to-bottom">Scroll To Bottom</button>
<br>
<button id="to-top" style="margin-top: 5000px;">Scroll To Top</button>
Alternatively, you can pass an options object to window.scroll which scrolls to a specific x and y position and window.scrollBy which scrolls a certain amount from the current position:
// Scroll to specific values
// scrollTo is the same
window.scroll({
top: 2500,
left: 0,
behavior: 'smooth'
});
// Scroll certain amounts from current position
window.scrollBy({
top: 100, // could be negative value
left: 0,
behavior: 'smooth'
});
Demo:
<button onClick="scrollToDiv()">Scroll To Element</button>
<div style="margin: 500px 0px;">Div</div>
<script>
function scrollToDiv(){
var elem = document.querySelector("div");
window.scroll({
top: elem.offsetTop,
left: 0,
behavior: 'smooth'
});
}
</script>
If you only need to scroll to an element, not a specific position in the document, you can use Element.scrollIntoView with behavior set to smooth.
document.getElementById("elemID").scrollIntoView({
behavior: 'smooth'
});
Demo:
<button onClick="scrollToDiv()">Scroll To Element</button>
<div id="myDiv" style="margin: 500px 0px;">Div</div>
<script>
function scrollToDiv(){
document.getElementById("myDiv").scrollIntoView({
behavior: 'smooth'
});
}
</script>
Modern browsers support the scroll-behavior CSS property, which can be used to make scrolling in the document smooth (without the need for JavaScript). Anchor tags can be used for this by giving the anchor tag a href of # plus the id of the element to scroll to). You can also set the scroll-behavior property for a specific container like a div to make its contents scroll smoothly.
Demo:
html, body{
scroll-behavior: smooth;
}
Scroll To Element
<div id="elem" style="margin: 500px 0px;">Div</div>

Here's my variation:
let MenuItem = function ( _menuItem ) {
// I had a sticky header, so its height had to be taken into account when scrolling
let _header = document.querySelector('.site-header');
let _scrollToBlock = function( e, menuItem ) {
let id = menuItem.getAttribute('href'), // the href attribute stores the id of the block to which the scroll will be
headerHeight = _header.offsetHeight; // determine the height of the header
id = id.replace(/#/, ''); // remove the # sign from the id block
let elem = document.getElementById( id ), // define the element to which we will scroll
top = elem.getBoundingClientRect().top + window.scrollY - headerHeight; // determine the height of the scroll
window.scroll({
top: top,
left: 0,
behavior: 'smooth'
});
},
_addEvents = function() {
_menuItem.addEventListener('click', function (e){
e.preventDefault(); // Disable redirect on click
_scrollToBlock(e, _menuItem);
});
},
_init = function() {
_addEvents();
};
_init();
};
// Initialize the class MenuItem to all links with class .menu__item
document.querySelectorAll('.menu__item').forEach( function(item) {
new MenuItem(item);
} );

Here's the code that worked for me.
`$('a[href*="#"]')
.not('[href="#"]')
.not('[href="#0"]')
.click(function(event) {
if (
location.pathname.replace(/^\//, '') == this.pathname.replace(/^\//, '')
&&
location.hostname == this.hostname
) {
var target = $(this.hash);
target = target.length ? target : $('[name=' + this.hash.slice(1) + ']');
if (target.length) {
event.preventDefault();
$('html, body').animate({
scrollTop: target.offset().top
}, 1000, function() {
var $target = $(target);
$target.focus();
if ($target.is(":focus")) {
return false;
} else {
$target.attr('tabindex','-1');
$target.focus();
};
});
}
}
});
`

scroll page so that element is visible

I've just tried prototype's scrollTo function and as the documentation states, it
Scrolls the window so that element
appears at the top of the viewport
I'd like a function that
only scrolls if the element is not entirely visible within the viewport
scrolls so that the element appears at the center of the viewport
does anyone know of such a function in prototype, scriptaculous or stand-alone?

I guess you need something like this (demo):
window.height
function getWindowHeight() {
var body = document.body;
var docEl = document.documentElement;
return window.innerHeight ||
(docEl && docEl.clientHeight) ||
(body && body.clientHeight) ||
0;
}
Scroll
function scrollElemToCenter(id, duration) {
var el = document.getElementById(id);
var winHeight = getWindowHeight();
var offsetTop = el.offsetTop;
if (offsetTop > winHeight) {
var y = offsetTop - (winHeight-el.offsetHeight)/2;
// wo animation: scrollTo(0, y);
scrollToAnim(y, duration);
}
}
Animation (optional, you can use script.aculo.us, etc.)
function interpolate(source,target,pos) { return (source+(target-source)*pos); }
function easing(pos) { return (-Math.cos(pos*Math.PI)/2) + 0.5; }
function scrollToAnim(targetTop, duration) {
duration || (duration = 1000);
var start = +new Date,
finish = start + duration,
startTop = getScrollRoot().scrollTop,
interval = setInterval(function(){
var now = +new Date,
pos = (now>finish) ? 1 : (now-start)/duration;
var y = interpolate(startTop, targetTop, easing(pos)) >> 0;
window.scrollTo(0, y);
if(now > finish) {
clearInterval(interval);
}
}, 10);
}
get scroll root
var getScrollRoot = (function() {
var SCROLL_ROOT;
return function() {
if (!SCROLL_ROOT) {
var bodyScrollTop = document.body.scrollTop;
var docElScrollTop = document.documentElement.scrollTop;
window.scrollBy(0, 1);
if (document.body.scrollTop != bodyScrollTop)
(SCROLL_ROOT = document.body);
else
(SCROLL_ROOT = document.documentElement);
window.scrollBy(0, -1);
}
return SCROLL_ROOT;
};
})();

Here is an alternative approach, that uses some of Prototype's built in functionality for working with the viewport and scroll dimensions...
function scrollToCenterOfElement(id){
// Cache element and property lookups...
var element = $(id);
var height = element.measure('height');
var top = element.cumulativeOffset().top;
var scroll = document.viewport.getScrollOffsets();
var dimensions = document.viewport.getDimensions();
// Checks to see if the top offset plus the height of the element is greater
// than the sum of the viewport height and vertical scroll offset, which means
// that the element has yet to be fully scrolled in to view, or if the
// top offset is smaller than the vertical scroll offset, which means the element
// has already been (at least partly) scrolled out of view..
if ((top + height > dimensions.height + scroll.top) || (top < dimensions.height + scroll.top)) {
// Scroll window to sum of top offset plus half the height of the element
// minus half of the viewport height, thus centering the element vertically.
window.scrollTo(0, top + (height / 2) - (dimensions.height / 2));
}
}
scrollToCenterOfElement('my-element');

My solution does not cover 100% of what is requested, but perhaps someone finds it useful.
/**
* Scroll container so that given element becomes visible. Features:
* <ol>
* <li>If element is already visible, then no action is taken.
* <li>If element is above view port, the viewport is scrolled upwards so that element becomes visible at the top.
* <li>If element is below view port, the viewport is scrolled downwards so that element becomes visible at the bottom.
* </ol>
*
* #param element
* optional string (selector) or jQuery object that controls the scrolling of the element
* #param options
* optional extra settings
* #param options.animationSpeed
* if defined, then scrolling is animated; determines time in milliseconds after which the element should
* be scrolled into viewport
* #param options.heightScale
* double number from 0 to 1; when scrolling the element from bottom sometimes it is desirable to scroll
* element close to the top; e.g. to scroll it to the center specify 0.5; to scroll it to the top specify 0
* #param options.complete
* function to be called after animation is completed; if there is no animation, the function is called straight away
*/
$.fn.scrollTo = function(element, options) {
options = options || {};
var elementTop = element.offset().top;
var containerTop = this.offset().top;
var newScrollTop = null;
if (elementTop < containerTop) {
// Scroll to the top:
newScrollTop = Math.round(this.scrollTop() + elementTop - containerTop);
} else {
// Scroll to the bottom:
var elementBottom = elementTop + element.outerHeight(true);
var containerHeight = this.height();
if (elementBottom > containerTop + containerHeight) {
if (options.heightScale != null) {
if (options.heightScale === 0) {
// This will effectively turn the formulae below into "elementTop - containerTop":
containerHeight = element.outerHeight(true);
} else {
containerHeight *= options.heightScale;
}
}
newScrollTop = Math.round(this.scrollTop() + elementBottom - containerTop - containerHeight);
}
}
if (newScrollTop !== null) {
if (options && options.animationSpeed) {
this.animate({
scrollTop : newScrollTop
}, {
"duration" : options.animationSpeed,
"complete" : options.complete
});
} else {
this.scrollTop(newScrollTop);
if ($.isFunction(options.complete)) {
options.complete();
}
}
} else {
if ($.isFunction(options.complete)) {
options.complete();
}
}
return this;
};
Demo