Scroll fires after jquery scrollTop animate completed - javascript

Why does another scroll event get called after a scrollTop animation fires its complete callback?
Click Handler:
var lock = false;
$('#id').click(function(event) {
var pos;
if (lock) {
return;
}
lock = true;
pos = 150;
console.log("jump start");
$(jQuery.browser.webkit ? "body": "html").animate({ scrollTop: pos }, 150, function () {
lock = false;
console.log("jump end");
});
});
Scroll Handler:
$(window).scroll(function (e) {
console.log("scrolling");
if (!lock){
alert('1');
}
});
Log:
jump start
scrolling
jump end
scrolling
demo on jsfiddle

Background
jQuery scrollTop() uses scrollTo() which is a fire and forget event. There is no stopped event for scrolling. The scroll events occur out of band from scrollTo. scrollTo means 'start scroll', a scroll event means 'scrolled (some position)'. scrollTo just initiates the starting of the scroll, it doesn't guarantee that scrolling finished when it returns. So, jQuery animation completes before final scroll (there could even be multiple scrolls backed up). The alternative would be for jQuery to wait for the position of the scroll to be what it requested (per my soln), but it does not do this
It would be nice if there was a specification that we could point to describing this, but it is just one of the Level 0 dom elements without a spec, see here. I think it makes sense the way that it works, which is why all browsers seem to implement it this way.
Why is this happening
The following occurs on the last scroll of the animation:
jquery: 'Window please scroll this last bit'
Window: 'I got this message from jquery to scroll I will start that now'
jquery: 'woohoo I am finished the animation, I will complete'
Your code: lock = false;console.log("jump end");
Window: 'I have scrolled' call scroll event handlers.'
Your code: $(window).scroll(function (e) { 'Why is this happening?'
As you can see jquery does not wait for the final scroll step of the animation to complete before completing the animation (going on to step 4). Partly this is because there is no stopped event for scrolling and partly this is because jquery does not wait for the scroll position to reach the position that was requested. We can detect when we have reached the destination position as described below.
Solutions
There is no stopped event for when scrolling completes. See here. It makes sense that there is no stopped event because the user could start scrolling again at any point, so there is no point where scrolling has really stopped - the user might just have paused for a fraction of a second.
User scrolling: For user scrolling, the normal approach is to wait some amount of time to see if scrolling is complete as described in the answer of the referenced question (bearing in mind that the user could start scrolling again).
scrollTop: However, since we know the position that we are scrolling to we can do better.
See this fiddle.
The crux of it is that since we know where we are scrolling to, we can store that position. When we reach that position we know that we are done.
The output is now:
jump start
scroll animation
jump end
The code is (note that this is based off your fiddle rather than the code in the edited question):
var scrollingTo = 0;
$('#id').click(function(event) {
if (scrollingTo) {
return;
}
console.log("jump start");
scrollingTo = 150;
$(jQuery.browser.webkit ? "body": "html").animate({ scrollTop: scrollingTo }, 150, function () {
});
});
function handleScroll()
{
if( scrollingTo !== 0 && $(window).scrollTop() == scrollingTo)
{
scrollingTo = 0;
console.log("jump end");
}
}
$(window).scroll(function (e) {
if (!scrollingTo){
console.log('user scroll');
} else {
console.log("scroll animation");
}
handleScroll();
});

I believe that at the time the animation ends and the callback function is called, the event has not reached the window yet, so it is not re-called, it just hasn't been fired yet.

Related

Javascript page scrolls automatically up and down

I'm struggling with a challenge that is just a bit out of my skill range. I'm trying to make a page scroll (very slowly) up and down on an infinite loop. I got the code to loop once, but my challenge is to make it loop over and over again. I would love advice.
do {
$(document).ready(function(){
$('body,html').animate({scrollTop: 2650}, 57820);
});
$(document).ready(function(){
$('body,html').animate({scrollTop: 0}, 35000);
});
}
while (true === true);
Javascript code is mainly asynchronous. What this means for you is that the browser is running the "go to top" and "go to bottom" code rapidly. And thus crashes your browser. What you want, is to wait till the scroll to bottom is completed, then scroll to top. Here is an example that does what you want.
// Getting a reference to html. The way you did it in the loop
// is slow because it has to get access to it every time.
const main = $('html');
// The scrollTop function
// scrolls to the top
function scrollTop() {
console.log('scrolling to top')
main.animate({scrollTop: 0},1000,"linear",scrollBottom /* this is a callback it means when we are done scrolling to the top, scroll to the bottom */)
}
function scrollBottom() {
console.log('scrolling to bottom')
main.animate({scrollTop: document.body.offsetHeight},1000,"linear",scrollTop /* this is a callback it means when we are done scrolling to the bottom, scroll to the top */)
}
// this kicks it off
// again only running $(document).ready once to increase performance.
// Once scrollTop completes, it calls scrollBottom, which in turn calls scrollTop and so on
$(document).ready(scrollTop);
Javascript will not wait until one function is completed so You can't create such loop. But You can utilize jquery.animate complete functionality:
$(document).ready(scrollDown()); //run function first time
function scrollUp() {
$('body,html').animate({
scrollTop: 0
}, 35000, "linear",
scrollDown//we are on the top, let's go down
);
return false;
}
function scrollDown() {
$('body,html').animate({
scrollTop: $(document).height()
}, 57820, "linear",
scrollUp//scrolling down is completed, let's go up
);
}
Here is working example of this code: https://jsfiddle.net/y7fguk52/

Get scrollTop when scrolling fast

I'm trying to do a specific task when the user scrolls into a particular area.
The issue I'm having is, when the user scrolls at a normal speed, I can capture the current scrollTop position, and trigger the desired function.
If, however, the user scrolls faster, scrollTop seems to only to be captured when the scrolling has slowed down back to a normal speed - meaning the user is able to completely scroll past the area where I want the function to trigger.
I need some way of being updated with every scrollTop position at every scroll speed.
I'm simply using:
$('body').scroll(function(e)
{
intScrollPoint = $(body).scrollTop();
});
Any ideas?
Throttle can solve your problem,
window.addEventListener('scroll', throttle(callback, 1));
function throttle(fn, wait) {
var time = Date.now();
return function() {
if ((time + wait - Date.now()) < 0) {
fn();
time = Date.now();
}
}
}
function callback() {
// do something,
}
For more details, check this link

how to attach scroll event to window after scroll animation

I'm trying to display a div after scroll animation has finished and hide it when I scroll up/down the page. This is my attempt:
$('#cta').on('click', function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
$('#layer, #servicesContent').addClass('active');
var position = parseInt($('#services').offset().top);
$('html, body').animate({
scrollTop: position - 100
}, 'slow', function() {
$(window).bind('scroll', function() {
$('#layer, #servicesContent').removeClass('active');
});
});
});
it doesn't work. the active class is removed after animation has finished and not with scroll movement.
Any idea?
Thanks in advance
Not exactly sure why, but apparently it takes the window somewhere around 20 milliseconds to exit the scroll state, at least on Chrome, on Windows. Or it might be a jQuery trick to fire the animation function 20ms sooner, so it feels more natural. (Human eye and mind make connections that take tiny amounts of time and maybe they took it into account).
Anyway, in order to make sure you bind after the scroll has ended, give it a full 100ms to finish and bind afterwards:
$('#cta').on('click', function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
$('#layer, #servicesContent').addClass('active');
var position = 120;
$('html, body').animate({
scrollTop: position - 100
}, 'slow', function() {
setTimeout(function(){
$(window).bind('scroll', function() {
$('#layer, #servicesContent').removeClass('active');
});
},100)
});
});
working fiddle.
Please note I had hard-coded a value to position, as #services is not defined in my example.
Also please note that hiding events on scroll is a really bad idea in terms of usability. Users might want to scroll so they view the div better or read it in full, but they will end up hiding it, which would be annoying. I would at least check the scroll event for a minimum velocity or distance in order to hide an element from the screen.

Mousewheel and transition incompatibility

SCENARIO
I have developed a function with jQuery which listens to the user's mouse input (based on the mousewheel plugin).
I analyze the user's input with a function, and alter the default behavior of the mouse, so that it scrolls a given px value with an animation.
PROBLEM
There are div containers in the webpage that transform its size when hovered.
This causes my original mousewheel animation to delay its action for a little time (more or less, half a second). If a div is hovered, and quickly afterwards the mousewheel is rolled, the effect won't run 100% smoothly (it will cause a little lag while the scroll animation is executing, and right afterwards, it will show the animation, which was already running).
If I delete the transition in the containers, the problem is solved. However, I would like to keep the original CSS intact, and run my original animation smoothly.
How can I accomplish this?
JSFIDDLE
http://jsfiddle.net/kouk/z7p0vxpg/
JS CODE
$(function () {
function wheel($div, deltaY) {
if (deltaY == -1) {
var dest = ($(document).scrollTop()+500);
$('html,body').animate({scrollTop: dest}, 1000);
return false;
} else if (deltaY == 1) {
var dest = ($(document).scrollTop()-500);
$('html,body').animate({scrollTop: dest}, 1000);
return false;
}
}
$('html').bind('mousewheel', function (event, delta, deltaX, deltaY) {
if ($('html,body').is(":animated")){
return false;
}
if ( (delta > -2) && (delta < 2) ) {
wheel($(this), deltaY);
event.preventDefault();
console.log(delta);
}
});
});
This is a common problem with the animate() function. The previous animations are in the queue and lagging behind. You should empty the animation queue before starting the next animation to avoid the "lag" feeling.
There are two functions which let you do that : finish() and stop() . I recommend using finish as it will stop the running animation )and remove all queued animations. This was you can immediately start your latest animation.
A user doesn't necessarily want to wait for his previous animation which he has already started a new action.
Here's some sample code:
$('html,body').dequeue().animate({scrollTop: dest}, 1000);
See if the behavior is as your expected now.
And your code (updated with finish()) - http://jsfiddle.net/z7p0vxpg/15/

$(window).scroll() firing on page load

Is there a way to prevent $(window).scroll() from firing on page load?
Testing the following code in Firefox 4, it fires even when I unplug the mouse.
jQuery(document).ready(function($){
$(window).scroll(function(){
console.log("Scroll Fired");
});
});
The scroll event is unrelated to the mouse, it is called whenever a new document scrolling position is set. And arguably that position is set when the document loads (you might load it with an anchor after all), also if the user presses a cursor key on his keyboard. I don't know why you need to ignore the initial scroll event but I guess that you only want to do it if pageYOffset is zero. That's easy:
var oldPageYOffset = 0;
$(window).scroll(function(){
if (window.pageYOffset != oldPageYOffset)
{
oldPageYOffset = window.pageYOffset;
console.log("Window scrolling changed");
}
});
Note: MSIE doesn't have window.pageYOffset property so the above will need to be adjusted. Maybe jQuery offers a cross-browser alternative.
This was the solution I went for. Any improvements gratefully received.
var scroll = 0;
$(window).scroll(function(){
if (scroll>0){
console.log("Scroll Fired");
}
scroll++;
});
The scroll event does not fire on every load, only when refreshing a page that was scrolled, or when navigating to an anchor directly.
Many of the answers suggest ignore the first time it's called, which would ignore a valid scroll if the page doesn't get scrolled initially.
//Scroll the page and then reload just the iframe (right click, reload frame)
//Timeout of 1 was not reliable, 10 seemed to be where I tested it, but again, this is not very elegant.
//This will not fire initially
setTimeout(function(){
$(window).scroll(function(){
console.log('delayed scroll handler');
});
}, 10);
//This will fire initially when reloading the page and re-establishing the scroll position
$(window).scroll(function(){
console.log('regular scroll handler');
});
div {
height: 2000px;
border: 1px solid red;
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div>
</div>
This seems to have worked for me.
$(window).bind("load", function() {
$(window).on("scroll", function () {
console.log('scroll');
});
});
sure, don't load it until after the load. make it a call back for sleep for 500 millis.

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