I have written some javaScript so that my menu starts off as position: static but will become position: fixed and stay at the top of the screen whenever the user scrolls upwards but will disappear again whenever scrolling downwards. Because the menu has some content above it, once the user has scrolled to the very top, the menu becomes position: static again.
This code works ok but I am having a problem when adding debounce. I've read I need either throttling or debounce for performance. I have tried using both the Lodash _.debounce and _.throttle functions separately. I don't mind having some delay on the menu showing itself on scroll-up, but with a debounce the header has a delay when returning to position: static once the user has scrolled back to the top of the page. I have tried using the {'leading': true} option for the debounce and throttle function but it hasn't done much good.
If I set my wait/delay time too low, surely there is no point in even using debounce or throttle anymore? I do not want to sacrifice the performance of the site but have been asked to implement this effect.
var header = document.getElementById("fixed-header");
var offset = header.offsetTop;
var $header = $(header);
var headerHeight = parseInt($header.css("height"));
var total = headerHeight + offset;
var lastScrollTop = 0;
window.addEventListener("scroll", _.debounce(scrollHeader, 200, {
'leading': true
}));
function scrollHeader() {
var st = window.pageYOffset || document.documentElement.scrollTop;
if (st > lastScrollTop) {
// downscroll code
if (pageYOffset >= total) {
document.body.classList.add("fixed");
document.body.classList.add("is-hidden");
document.body.style.paddingTop = header.offsetHeight + "px";
header.style.transition = ".5s";
} else {
document.body.classList.remove("fixed");
document.body.classList.remove("is-hidden");
document.body.style.paddingTop = 0;
}
} else {
// upscroll code
if (pageYOffset >= offset) {
document.body.classList.add("fixed");
document.body.classList.remove("is-hidden");
document.body.style.paddingTop = header.offsetHeight + "px";
} else {
header.style.transition = "initial";
document.body.classList.remove("fixed");
document.body.style.paddingTop = 0;
}
}
lastScrollTop = st;
}
I've been trying to make my navbar stick to top when I scroll by it and achieved it. The only problem is that my content kind of kicks up when the navbar transition to position fixed is executed.
Here is an example of this behavior: http://jsfiddle.net/7HHa5/4/
JavaScript
window.onscroll = changePos;
function changePos() {
var header = document.getElementById("header");
if (window.pageYOffset > 70) {
header.style.position = "absolute";
header.style.top = pageYOffset + "px";
} else {
header.style.position = "";
header.style.top = "";
}
}
I am using bootstrap and jQuery.
How can I avoid this behavior?
When you set the header to position: absolute, it leaves an empty space which gets filled by the content. You need to add a margin to the top of the content when the header becomes fixed, like this:
window.onscroll = changePos;
function changePos() {
var header = document.getElementById("header");
var content = document.getElementById("content");
if (window.pageYOffset > 70) {
header.style.position = "absolute";
header.style.top = pageYOffset + "px";
content.style.marginTop = '55px'
} else {
header.style.position = "";
header.style.top = "";
content.style.marginTop = '0'
}
}
See http://jsfiddle.net/2EhLs/1/ for an example.
However, there is a better way.
Since you are already using Bootstrap, you should consider using the built-in Affix feature.
The best example is this one from another question:
$('#nav-wrapper').height($("#nav").height());
$('#nav').affix({
offset: { top: $('#nav').offset().top }
});
I have created a parallax scroll, which seem to be working fine in firefox however in the chrome browser there's a slight jump on the body text when scrolling. click here scroll to the about section. I am not sure if t this is a css or JS issue.. below is a snippet i have incorporated into my parallax function
Does anyone know how i an fix this issue?
$(document).ready(function(){
// Cache the Window object
$window = $(window);
// Cache the Y offset and the speed of each sprite
$('[data-type]').each(function() {
$(this).data('offsetY', parseInt($(this).attr('data-offsetY')));
$(this).data('Xposition', $(this).attr('data-Xposition'));
$(this).data('speed', $(this).attr('data-speed'));
});
// For each element that has a data-type attribute
$('[data-type="background"]').each(function(){
// Store some variables based on where we are
var $self = $(this),
offsetCoords = $self.offset(),
topOffset = offsetCoords.top;
// When the window is scrolled...
$(window).scroll(function() {
// If this section is in view
if ( ($window.scrollTop() + $window.height()) > (topOffset) &&
( (topOffset + $self.height()) > $window.scrollTop() ) ) {
// Scroll the background at var speed
// the yPos is a negative value because we're scrolling it UP!
var yPos = -($window.scrollTop() / $self.data('speed'));
// If this element has a Y offset then add it on
if ($self.data('offsetY')) {
yPos += $self.data('offsetY');
}
// Put together our final background position
var coords = '50% '+ yPos + 'px';
// Move the background
$self.css({ backgroundPosition: coords });
$('[data-type="scroll-text"]', $self).each(function() {
var $text= $(this);
var pos = ($window.scrollTop()/10) * $text.data('speed');
var curP = $text.css('margin-top');
var is_chrome = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf('chrome') > -1;
if(is_chrome) {
$text.animate({
paddingTop: pos,
}, 200, 'linear', function() {
// Animation complete.
});
} else {
$text.css('padding-top', pos);
}
});
}; // in view
}); // window scroll
}); // each data-type
}); // document ready
Some suggestions:
1.) Use position: fixed to avoid any jitter, as you'll be taking the element out of the document flow. You can then position it using z-index.
2.) Cache as much as you can to ease processing time.
3.) Math.round may not be necessary, but try adding this CSS to your moving areas: -webkit-transform: translate3d(0,0,0); This will force hardware acceleration in Chrome, which may ease some of the jittering. (It looked smoother on my screen when I added this with Inspector, but it didn't get rid of the jumpiness with the scroll wheel.) Note: Don't do this on your entire document (e.g. body tag), as it might cause some issues with your current layout. (Your navigation bar didn't stick to the top of the window, for instance.)
4.) If you have any animations running as part of your parallax logic (tweening the margin into place or something along those lines), remove it - that would probably cause the jump you see.
Hope this helps. Best of luck.
I see the same jittering in FireFox and Chrome (Mac). Looking at your containers, one thing that's glaring at me is the pixel position that's being calculated/used.
Chrome: <div id="about-title" style="margin-top: 1562.3999999999999px;">
FireFox: <div id="about-title" style="margin-top: 1562.4px;">
Browsers aren't going to allow content to sit at 1/2 pixel, let alone 0.3999999 of a pixel. I think it's moving it, and trying to calculate whether to round up or round down. It jitters because it's calculating with every click of your mouse wheel.
Thus, I'd try adding Math.round() to your positions so that the containers are never being left in limbo.
Take a look at the code here: http://webdesigntutsplus.s3.amazonaws.com/tuts/338_parallax/src/index.html
Firebug some of the elements, and you'll see that their only fraction of a pixel is '0.5'. Most of them (the bulk) go to round number values.
You are going to have to change the way that the scrolling works (i.e. change how the spacing is computed), but this can be fixed by adding the position:fixed CSS element to the page elements that are scrolling. The problem is coming from the time that it takes for the JavaScript to process and then render.
For example, on your page you would set each of the <div> tags containing text to have a fixed position and then use the JavaScript/JQuery function to update the top: CSS element. This should make the page scroll smoothly.
Have you tried adding the preventdefault inside the scroll function?
$(window).scroll(function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
// rest of your code
}
In a previous question I created a fairly good parallax scrolling implementation. Jquery Parallax Scrolling effect - Multi directional You might find it useful.
Here's the JSFiddle http://jsfiddle.net/9R4hZ/40/ use the up/down arrows or scroll wheel.
Using padding and margin for the positioning are probably why you're experiencing rendering issues. While my code uses scroll or keyboard input for the effect you can loop the relavent portion and check the $moving variable until you reach the desired element on screen.
function parallaxScroll(scroll) {
// current moving object
var ml = $moving.position().left;
var mt = $moving.position().top;
var mw = $moving.width();
var mh = $moving.height();
// calc velocity
var fromTop = false;
var fromBottom = false;
var fromLeft = false;
var fromRight = false;
var vLeft = 0;
var vTop = 0;
if($moving.hasClass('from-top')) {
vTop = scroll;
fromTop = true;
} else if($moving.hasClass('from-bottom')) {
vTop = -scroll;
fromBottom = true;
} else if($moving.hasClass('from-left')) {
vLeft = scroll;
fromLeft = true;
} else if($moving.hasClass('from-right')) {
vLeft = -scroll;
fromRight = true;
}
// calc new position
var newLeft = ml + vLeft;
var newTop = mt + vTop;
// check bounds
var finished = false;
if(fromTop && (newTop > t || newTop + mh < t)) {
finished = true;
newTop = (scroll > 0 ? t : t - mh);
} else if(fromBottom && (newTop < t || newTop > h)) {
finished = true;
newTop = (scroll > 0 ? t : t + h);
} else if(fromLeft && (newLeft > l || newLeft + mw < l)) {
finished = true;
newLeft = (scroll > 0 ? l : l - mw);
} else if(fromRight && (newLeft < l || newLeft > w)) {
finished = true;
newLeft = (scroll > 0 ? l : l + w);
}
// set new position
$moving.css('left', newLeft);
$moving.css('top', newTop);
// if finished change moving object
if(finished) {
// get the next moving
if(scroll > 0) {
$moving = $moving.next('.parallax');
if($moving.length == 0)
$moving = $view.find('.parallax:last');
} else {
$moving = $moving.prev('.parallax');
if($moving.length == 0)
$moving = $view.find('.parallax:first');
}
}
// for debug
$('#direction').text(scroll + " " + l + "/" + t + " " + ml + "/" + mt + " " + finished + " " + $moving.text());
}
May not be related to your specifics, but I had a jumpy parallax scrolling problem, I was able to solve it adding the following CSS for the fixed portions of the page:
#supports (background-attachment: fixed)
{
.fixed-background
{
background-attachment: fixed;
}
}
Not sure of all the specifics, but found at Alternate Fixed & Scroll Backgrounds
Does anyone know what javascript effects are being used to create the navbar effect on lesscss.org where the navbar only becomes fixed to the top after scrolling beyond a certain point. If anyone has actual code examples, or links to tutorials, that'd be appreciated.
it's a javascript check using the window.onscroll event
in the HTML source near the top:
window.onscroll = function () {
if (!docked && (menu.offsetTop - scrollTop() < 0)) {
menu.style.top = 0;
menu.style.position = 'fixed';
menu.className = 'docked';
docked = true;
} else if (docked && scrollTop() <= init) {
menu.style.position = 'absolute';
menu.style.top = init + 'px';
menu.className = menu.className.replace('docked', '');
docked = false;
}
};
I added some special features to the sidebar of my webapplication. You can see a concept of the user interface on my testing site. (It's about the right sidebar)
The sidebar stops scrolling if it is scrolled to its end.
Moreover there are selected listitems in the sidebar wich stay on the top or the bottom of the sidebar if they would scroll out of the view.
My code is written in Javascript using jQuery. Unfortunately scrolling on my page is lagging now. Here are the links to my demo page (rightclick -> show sourcecode) and its javascript file.
How can I speed up the code (and let is still abstract) ?
I paste the javascript code here for those of you who don't want to follow the links.
HTML: (example)
<ul id="right">
<li><h3>Headline</h3></li>
<li><a>Item</a></li>
<li><a>Item</a></li>
<li><a class="selected">Active Item</a></li>
<li><a>Item</a></li>
<li><h3>Headline</h3></li>
<li><a>Item</a></li>
<li><a>Item</a></li>
</ul>
Javascript:
var Scrollers = $('#content,#left,#right');
var Scrollable = new Array(Scrollers.length);
var TopOffset = new Array(Scrollers.length);
var BottomOffset = new Array(Scrollers.length);
var OuterHeight = new Array(Scrollers.length);
var OuterHeightAndOffsets = new Array(Scrollers.length);
function ScrollInit(){
Scrollers.each(function(i){
// constants
TopOffset[i] = parseInt($(this).css("margin-top").replace("px",""));
BottomOffset[i] = parseInt($(this).css("margin-bottom").replace("px",""));
OuterHeight[i] = parseInt($(this).outerHeight());
OuterHeightAndOffsets[i] = TopOffset[i] + BottomOffset[i] + OuterHeight[i];
// classes
$(this).removeClass('snapped top bottom');
if(OuterHeightAndOffsets[i] < $(window).height()){
$(this).addClass('snapped top');
Scrollable[i] = false;
} else {
Scrollable[i] = true;
}
});
}
ScrollInit();
var SelectedListitems = $('li.selected');
var SelectedListitemsActive = new Array(SelectedListitems.length); for(var i=SelectedListitems.length; i<0; i++) SelectedListitemsActive[i] = false;
function ScrollCalc(){
// list item locking
SelectedListitems.each(function(i){
if(!($(this).parent().hasClass('snapped top'))){
var ListItemOffset = $(this).offset().top - $(window).scrollTop();
var ListItemState=0; // 0:in, 1:above, 2:under
if(ListItemOffset <= $(this).parent().offset().top){ ListItemState=1; }
else if(ListItemOffset + $(this).outerHeight() >= $(window).height()){ ListItemState=2; }
// no snapped clone so far
if(ListItemState){
if(SelectedListitemsActive[i]!=true && !$(this).parent().hasClass('snapped')){
var AppendClasses = 'clone snapped '; if(ListItemState == 1) AppendClasses += 'top '; else AppendClasses += 'bottom ';
$(this).parent().append($(this).clone().addClass(AppendClasses + i));
SelectedListitemsActive[i] = true;
}
// already snapped, clone existing
} else {
if(SelectedListitemsActive[i]==true){
$('.clone.snapped.' + i).remove();
SelectedListitemsActive[i] = false;
}
}
}
});
// scroll container locking
Scrollers.each(function(i){
if(Scrollable[i]){
if($(window).scrollTop()+$(window).height() > OuterHeightAndOffsets[i]){
$(this).addClass('snapped bottom');
} else {
$(this).removeClass('snapped bottom');
}
}
});
ScrollEvent = false;
}
ScrollCalc();
$(window).scroll(function(){
ScrollCalc();
});
I've just have a look at you link and believe that the lagging is not because of your javascript. If you don't think so try to disable all scripts in window.scroll event, still lagging right?
Now try to remove all shadow properties - box-shadow and text-shadow. Also remember to disable changing shadow opacity in simple.js (changing shadow during scroll event always laggy).
Now you can see it run very fast!!! Back to css file and enable each shadow properties and find out what is most suitable for you.
There is a much faster, easier way to get the effect you want.
Try this: when the window scrolls down far enough, set your sidebar's css position property to fixed. When it scrolls up, set the position of the sidebar back to relative.
var sidebar = document.getElementById('side'),
section;
sidebar.style.position = 'relative';
sidebar.style.bottom = '0px';
sidebar.style.right = '0px';
window.onscroll = function(){
var scrollTop = document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.body.scrollTop,
maxTop = section ? section.offsetTop : sidebar.offsetHeight - window.innerHeight;
sidebar.style.top = sidebar.style.bottom = null;
if (scrollTop > maxTop) {
if (section) {
sidebar.style.top = - section.offsetTop + 'px';
} else {
sidebar.style.bottom = '0px';
}
sidebar.style.position = 'fixed';
} else {
sidebar.style.position = 'relative';
}
}
You can see it working here - http://jsfiddle.net/cL4Dy/