What I want to achieve is a javascript animation with variable speed based on cursor position.
For that porpouse I'm using jquery's animate function and mousever event and javascript's setInterval function, but those aren't required, so if there is a better way to achieve it I would be more than happy to hear it (the only requeriment would be javascript).
The problem I'm facing is that I can't change speed dinamicly, for some reason the speed keeps adding to the one it already had instead of set what I wanted and even if it would change as spected it just doesn't happen in a smoothly way because of an unknown reason for me.
Here is the javascript that I have so far:
//settings for container_slider. Are used in startSlider() which handles the animation
var steps_animation_speed = 1000;
var steps_interval = 1500;
var steps_speed_factor = 1; // 100%
var amount_sliders = 3;
//cache DOM elements
var $container_slider = $('#container_slider');
var $shown_slides = $('.shown_slides', $container_slider);
var $slide = $(".slide");
// Just making sure sizing (widths) fits as they should.
var slides_width = $container_slider.width()/amount_sliders;
var slides_margin = parseInt($slide.css('marginLeft').replace('px', '')) + parseInt($slide.css('marginRight').replace('px', ''));
var steps_width = slides_width + slides_margin;
$shown_slides.css('width', steps_width*(amount_sliders+1) + 'px');
$slide.css('width', slides_width);
var interval;
// This function is responsible of the animation
function startSlider() {
$shown_slides.stop(false);
interval = setInterval(function() {
$shown_slides.animate({'margin-left': '-='+steps_width}, steps_animation_speed*steps_speed_factor, function() {
$('.shown_slides > li:last').after($('.shown_slides > li:first'));
$('.shown_slides').css('margin-left', '0');
});
}, steps_interval);
}
function pauseSlider() {
clearInterval(interval);
}
$container_slider.mouseleave(function(){
steps_interval = 3000;
$shown_slides.stop(true);
pauseSlider();
startSlider();
});
// $container_slider.mouseenter(function(){
// pauseSlider();
// });
$container_slider.mousemove(function(event){
pauseSlider();
var cursor_location = '';
if(event.pageX > 0 && event.pageX < 165){
cursor_location = "Cursor is on the left side";
// This is where i'm doing the tests that should work of changing animation's speed based on cursor position
if(steps_speed_factor !== (event.pageX / 165)){
steps_speed_factor = event.pageX / 165;
steps_speed_factor = (steps_speed_factor < 0.15 ? 0.15 : steps_speed_factor);
steps_interval = 0;
startSlider();
}
} else if(event.pageX > 165 && event.pageX < ($container_slider.width()-165)){
cursor_location = "Cursor is in the center (paused)";
// This stops animation, it could be achieved way better but i'm focusing on above's block of code.
steps_speed_factor = 1;
steps_interval = 3000;
$shown_slides.stop(true);
pauseSlider();
} else if(event.pageX > ($container_slider.width()-165) && event.pageX < $container_slider.width()) {
cursor_location = "Cursor is on the right side";
// This would be an exact copy (almost) of the left side, but since it doesn't work yet, this is pretty much a "blank" block of code
steps_interval = 0;
steps_speed_factor = ( event.pageX - ($container_slider.width() - 165) ) / 165;
}
$(".coordinates").html("X: " + event.pageX + " Y: " + event.pageY );
$(".cursor_location").html(cursor_location);
$(".speed_factor").html("Speed Factor is: "+steps_speed_factor);
});
startSlider();
Here is a codepen showing this javascript code "working".
--- EDIT
I forgot to explain propperly what happens in the codepen , since it is just an example didnt give it to much importance. Mainly what should happen is that the furthier the cursor is from the center, the tinier/faster the invervals of the animation should be without losing fluidness.
In this case i'm using a "speed factor" which I calculate by taking cursor's X position and then comparing it with a predefined area, converting it in a percentage (decimal) from 15% to 99%. But it isn't actually the important part. I'm clueless about how to achieve this and the more I try the messier my code gets, so as long as you can give me an example of changing animation's speed (in "real" time, i mean, smoothly/fluid) based on cursor's position as an example it would be perfect.
Reading the AngularJS docs I haven't figured out if $anchorScroll can have a duration/easing option to smooth scroll to elements.
It only says:
$location.hash('bottom');
// call $anchorScroll()
$anchorScroll();
I do not use jquery and don't want to; is there still a clever yet simple way to make or extend $anchorScroll in order to make scrolling more smooth?
Unfortunately this is not possible using $anchorScroll. As you discovered $anchorScroll doesn't have any options and doesn't work with $ngAnimate. In order to animate the scroll you would need to use your own service/factory or just straight javascript.
For the sake of self-learning I put together an example with a smooth scrolling service. There are probably better ways to do this so any feedback is encouraged.
To scroll to an element you attach a ng-click="gotoElement(ID)" to any element. I think an even better route would be to make this a directive.
Here's the working example on jsFiddle.
Update
There are now a number of third-party directives for accomplishing this.
https://github.com/oblador/angular-scroll.
https://github.com/d-oliveros/ngSmoothScroll
https://github.com/arnaudbreton/angular-smoothscroll
https://gist.github.com/justinmc/d72f38339e0c654437a2
You can also use the angular-scroll, link "https://github.com/durated/angular-scroll/". It is smooth scrolling also few easing functions to get a professional look.
The answer from Brett worked great for me. I did some small changes on his solution in terms of modularization and testability.
Here's is yet another working example on JsFiddle that includes the other version with testing included.
For testing, I'm using Karma and Jasmine. Signature has been slightly modified as follows:
anchorSmoothScroll.scrollTo(elementId, speed);
Where element is a mandatory attribute to scroll to and speed is optional where the default is 20 (as it was before).
You can also use ngSmoothScroll, link: https://github.com/d-oliveros/ngSmoothScroll.
Just include the smoothScroll module as a dependency and use it like this:
Click me!
None of the solutions here actually does what OP originally asked, that is, make $anchorScroll scrolling smoothly.
Difference between smooth scrolling directives and $anchroScroll is that it uses/modifies $location.hash(), which may be desirable in some cases.
Here is gist for simple module that replaces $anchorScroll scrolling with smooth scrolling. It uses https://github.com/oblador/angular-scroll library for the scrolling itself (replace it with something else if you want, it should be easy).
https://gist.github.com/mdvorak/fc8b531d3e082f3fdaa9
Note: It actually does not get $anchorScroll to scroll smoothly, but it replaces its handler for scrolling.
Enable it simply by referencing mdvorakSmoothScroll module in your application.
Alan, thank you. If anyone interested, I formatted it based on John Pappa standards.
(function() {
'use strict';
var moduleId = 'common';
var serviceId = 'anchorSmoothScroll';
angular
.module(moduleId)
.service(serviceId, anchorSmoothScroll);
anchorSmoothScroll.$inject = ['$document', '$window'];
function anchorSmoothScroll($document, $window) {
var document = $document[0];
var window = $window;
var service = {
scrollDown: scrollDown,
scrollUp: scrollUp,
scrollTo: scrollTo,
scrollToTop: scrollToTop
};
return service;
function getCurrentPagePosition(currentWindow, doc) {
// Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
if (currentWindow.pageYOffset) return currentWindow.pageYOffset;
// Internet Explorer 6 - standards mode
if (doc.documentElement && doc.documentElement.scrollTop)
return doc.documentElement.scrollTop;
// Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8
if (doc.body.scrollTop) return doc.body.scrollTop;
return 0;
}
function getElementY(doc, element) {
var y = element.offsetTop;
var node = element;
while (node.offsetParent && node.offsetParent !== doc.body) {
node = node.offsetParent;
y += node.offsetTop;
}
return y;
}
function scrollDown(startY, stopY, speed, distance) {
var timer = 0;
var step = Math.round(distance / 25);
var leapY = startY + step;
for (var i = startY; i < stopY; i += step) {
setTimeout('window.scrollTo(0, ' + leapY + ')', timer * speed);
leapY += step;
if (leapY > stopY) leapY = stopY;
timer++;
}
};
function scrollUp(startY, stopY, speed, distance) {
var timer = 0;
var step = Math.round(distance / 25);
var leapY = startY - step;
for (var i = startY; i > stopY; i -= step) {
setTimeout('window.scrollTo(0, ' + leapY + ')', timer * speed);
leapY -= step;
if (leapY < stopY) leapY = stopY;
timer++;
}
};
function scrollToTop(stopY) {
scrollTo(0, stopY);
};
function scrollTo(elementId, speed) {
var element = document.getElementById(elementId);
if (element) {
var startY = getCurrentPagePosition(window, document);
var stopY = getElementY(document, element);
var distance = stopY > startY ? stopY - startY : startY - stopY;
if (distance < 100) {
this.scrollToTop(stopY);
} else {
var defaultSpeed = Math.round(distance / 100);
speed = speed || (defaultSpeed > 20 ? 20 : defaultSpeed);
if (stopY > startY) {
this.scrollDown(startY, stopY, speed, distance);
} else {
this.scrollUp(startY, stopY, speed, distance);
}
}
}
};
};
})();
I am not aware of how to animate $anchorScroll . Here's how I do it in my projects:
/* Scroll to top on each ui-router state change */
$rootScope.$on('$stateChangeStart', function() {
scrollToTop();
});
And the JS function:
function scrollToTop() {
if (typeof jQuery == 'undefined') {
return window.scrollTo(0,0);
} else {
var body = $('html, body');
body.animate({scrollTop:0}, '600', 'swing');
}
log("scrollToTop");
return true;
}
We can use JQuery and Javascript with Directive to perform the scrolling to a specific div on anchor tag click.
Please check the working example on the below link -
https://stackoverflow.com/a/67513880/6656918
I want to have 4 buttons/links on the beginning of the page, and under them the content.
On the buttons I put this code:
Scroll to element 1
Scroll to element 2
Scroll to element 3
Scroll to element 4
And under links there will be content:
<h2 id="idElement1">Element1</h2>
content....
<h2 id="idElement2">Element2</h2>
content....
<h2 id="idElement3">Element3</h2>
content....
<h2 id="idElement4">Element4</h2>
content....
It is working now, but cannot make it look more smooth.
I used this code, but cannot get it to work.
$('html, body').animate({
scrollTop: $("#elementID").offset().top
}, 2000);
Any suggestions? Thank you.
Edit: and the fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/WxJLx/2/
Super smoothly with requestAnimationFrame
For smoothly rendered scrolling animation one could use window.requestAnimationFrame() which performs better with rendering than regular setTimeout() solutions.
A basic example looks like this. Function step is called for browser's every animation frame and allows for better time management of repaints, and thus increasing performance.
function doScrolling(elementY, duration) {
var startingY = window.pageYOffset;
var diff = elementY - startingY;
var start;
// Bootstrap our animation - it will get called right before next frame shall be rendered.
window.requestAnimationFrame(function step(timestamp) {
if (!start) start = timestamp;
// Elapsed milliseconds since start of scrolling.
var time = timestamp - start;
// Get percent of completion in range [0, 1].
var percent = Math.min(time / duration, 1);
window.scrollTo(0, startingY + diff * percent);
// Proceed with animation as long as we wanted it to.
if (time < duration) {
window.requestAnimationFrame(step);
}
})
}
For element's Y position use functions in other answers or the one in my below-mentioned fiddle.
I set up a bit more sophisticated function with easing support and proper scrolling to bottom-most elements:
https://jsfiddle.net/s61x7c4e/
Question was asked 5 years ago and I was dealing with smooth scroll and felt giving a simple solution is worth it to those who are looking for. All the answers are good but here you go a simple one.
function smoothScroll(){
document.querySelector('.your_class or #id here').scrollIntoView({
behavior: 'smooth'
});
}
just call the smoothScroll function on onClick event on your source element.
DOCS: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/scrollIntoView
Note: Please check compatibility here
3rd Party edit
Support for Element.scrollIntoView() in 2020 is this:
Region full + partial = sum full+partial Support
Asia 73.24% + 22.75% = 95.98%
North America 56.15% + 42.09% = 98.25%
India 71.01% + 20.13% = 91.14%
Europe 68.58% + 27.76% = 96.35%
Just made this javascript only solution below.
Simple usage:
EPPZScrollTo.scrollVerticalToElementById('signup_form', 20);
Engine object (you can fiddle with filter, fps values):
/**
*
* Created by Borbás Geri on 12/17/13
* Copyright (c) 2013 eppz! development, LLC.
*
* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
*
*/
var EPPZScrollTo =
{
/**
* Helpers.
*/
documentVerticalScrollPosition: function()
{
if (self.pageYOffset) return self.pageYOffset; // Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari.
if (document.documentElement && document.documentElement.scrollTop) return document.documentElement.scrollTop; // Internet Explorer 6 (standards mode).
if (document.body.scrollTop) return document.body.scrollTop; // Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8.
return 0; // None of the above.
},
viewportHeight: function()
{ return (document.compatMode === "CSS1Compat") ? document.documentElement.clientHeight : document.body.clientHeight; },
documentHeight: function()
{ return (document.height !== undefined) ? document.height : document.body.offsetHeight; },
documentMaximumScrollPosition: function()
{ return this.documentHeight() - this.viewportHeight(); },
elementVerticalClientPositionById: function(id)
{
var element = document.getElementById(id);
var rectangle = element.getBoundingClientRect();
return rectangle.top;
},
/**
* Animation tick.
*/
scrollVerticalTickToPosition: function(currentPosition, targetPosition)
{
var filter = 0.2;
var fps = 60;
var difference = parseFloat(targetPosition) - parseFloat(currentPosition);
// Snap, then stop if arrived.
var arrived = (Math.abs(difference) <= 0.5);
if (arrived)
{
// Apply target.
scrollTo(0.0, targetPosition);
return;
}
// Filtered position.
currentPosition = (parseFloat(currentPosition) * (1.0 - filter)) + (parseFloat(targetPosition) * filter);
// Apply target.
scrollTo(0.0, Math.round(currentPosition));
// Schedule next tick.
setTimeout("EPPZScrollTo.scrollVerticalTickToPosition("+currentPosition+", "+targetPosition+")", (1000 / fps));
},
/**
* For public use.
*
* #param id The id of the element to scroll to.
* #param padding Top padding to apply above element.
*/
scrollVerticalToElementById: function(id, padding)
{
var element = document.getElementById(id);
if (element == null)
{
console.warn('Cannot find element with id \''+id+'\'.');
return;
}
var targetPosition = this.documentVerticalScrollPosition() + this.elementVerticalClientPositionById(id) - padding;
var currentPosition = this.documentVerticalScrollPosition();
// Clamp.
var maximumScrollPosition = this.documentMaximumScrollPosition();
if (targetPosition > maximumScrollPosition) targetPosition = maximumScrollPosition;
// Start animation.
this.scrollVerticalTickToPosition(currentPosition, targetPosition);
}
};
Smooth scrolling - look ma no jQuery
Based on an article on itnewb.com i made a demo plunk to smoothly scroll without external libraries.
The javascript is quite simple. First a helper function to improve cross browser support to determine the current position.
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;
}
Then a function to determine the position of the destination element - the one where we would like to scroll to.
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;
}
And the core function to do the scrolling
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++;
}
return false;
}
To call it you just do the following. You create a link which points to another element by using the id as a reference for a destination anchor.
<a href="#anchor-2"
onclick="smoothScroll('anchor-2');">smooth scroll to the headline with id anchor-2<a/>
...
... some content
...
<h2 id="anchor-2">Anchor 2</h2>
Copyright
In the footer of itnewb.com the following is written: The techniques, effects and code demonstrated in ITNewb articles may be used for any purpose without attribution (although we recommend it) (2014-01-12)
You could also check this great Blog - with some very simple ways to achieve this :)
https://css-tricks.com/snippets/jquery/smooth-scrolling/
Like (from the blog)
// 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'
});
// Scroll to a certain element
document.querySelector('.hello').scrollIntoView({
behavior: 'smooth'
});
and you can also get the element "top" position like below (or some other way)
var e = document.getElementById(element);
var top = 0;
do {
top += e.offsetTop;
} while (e = e.offsetParent);
return top;
Why not use CSS scroll-behavior property
html {
scroll-behavior: smooth;
}
The browser support is also good
https://caniuse.com/#feat=css-scroll-behavior
For a more comprehensive list of methods for smooth scrolling, see my answer here.
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. To scroll to an element, just set the y-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:
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);
}
});
}
document.getElementById("toElement").addEventListener("click", function(e){
scrollToSmoothly(document.querySelector('div').offsetTop, 500 /* milliseconds */);
});
document.getElementById("backToTop").addEventListener("click", function(e){
scrollToSmoothly(0, 500);
});
<button id="toElement">Scroll To Element</button>
<div style="margin: 1000px 0px; text-align: center;">Div element
<button id="backToTop">Scroll back to top</button>
</div>
The SmoothScroll.js library can also be used, which supports scrolling to an element on the page in addition to more complex features such as smooth scrolling both vertically and horizontally, scrolling inside other container elements, different easing behaviors, scrolling relatively from the current position, and more.
document.getElementById("toElement").addEventListener("click", function(e){
smoothScroll({toElement: document.querySelector('div'), duration: 500});
});
document.getElementById("backToTop").addEventListener("click", function(e){
smoothScroll({yPos: 'start', duration: 500});
});
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/LieutenantPeacock/SmoothScroll#1.2.0/src/smoothscroll.min.js" integrity="sha384-UdJHYJK9eDBy7vML0TvJGlCpvrJhCuOPGTc7tHbA+jHEgCgjWpPbmMvmd/2bzdXU" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<button id="toElement">Scroll To Element</button>
<div style="margin: 1000px 0px; text-align: center;">Div element
<button id="backToTop">Scroll back to top</button>
</div>
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'
});
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'
});
I've been using this for a long time:
function scrollToItem(item) {
var diff=(item.offsetTop-window.scrollY)/8
if (Math.abs(diff)>1) {
window.scrollTo(0, (window.scrollY+diff))
clearTimeout(window._TO)
window._TO=setTimeout(scrollToItem, 30, item)
} else {
window.scrollTo(0, item.offsetTop)
}
}
usage:
scrollToItem(element) where element is document.getElementById('elementid') for example.
Variation of #tominko answer.
A little smoother animation and resolved problem with infinite invoked setTimeout(), when some elements can't allign to top of viewport.
function scrollToItem(item) {
var diff=(item.offsetTop-window.scrollY)/20;
if(!window._lastDiff){
window._lastDiff = 0;
}
console.log('test')
if (Math.abs(diff)>2) {
window.scrollTo(0, (window.scrollY+diff))
clearTimeout(window._TO)
if(diff !== window._lastDiff){
window._lastDiff = diff;
window._TO=setTimeout(scrollToItem, 15, item);
}
} else {
console.timeEnd('test');
window.scrollTo(0, item.offsetTop)
}
}
you can use this plugin. Does exactly what you want.
http://flesler.blogspot.com/2007/10/jqueryscrollto.html
If one need to scroll to an element inside a div there is my solution based on Andrzej Sala's answer:
function scroolTo(element, duration) {
if (!duration) {
duration = 700;
}
if (!element.offsetParent) {
element.scrollTo();
}
var startingTop = element.offsetParent.scrollTop;
var elementTop = element.offsetTop;
var dist = elementTop - startingTop;
var start;
window.requestAnimationFrame(function step(timestamp) {
if (!start)
start = timestamp;
var time = timestamp - start;
var percent = Math.min(time / duration, 1);
element.offsetParent.scrollTo(0, startingTop + dist * percent);
// Proceed with animation as long as we wanted it to.
if (time < duration) {
window.requestAnimationFrame(step);
}
})
}
Why not use this easy way
Native JS
document.querySelector(".layout").scrollIntoView({
behavior: "smooth",
});
Smooth scrolling with jQuery.ScrollTo
To use the jQuery ScrollTo plugin you have to do the following
Create links where href points to another elements.id
create the elements you want to scroll to
reference jQuery and the scrollTo Plugin
Make sure to add a click event handler for each link that should do smooth scrolling
Creating the links
<h1>Smooth Scrolling with the jQuery Plugin .scrollTo</h1>
<div id="nav-list">
Scroll to element 1
Scroll to element 2
Scroll to element 3
Scroll to element 4
</div>
Creating the target elements here only the first two are displayed the other headings are set up the same way. To see another example i added a link back to the navigation a.toNav
<h2 id="idElement1">Element1</h2>
....
<h2 id="idElement1">Element1</h2>
...
<a class="toNav" href="#nav-list">Scroll to Nav-List</a>
Setting the references to the scripts. Your path to the files may be different.
<script src="./jquery-1.8.3.min.js"></script>
<script src="./jquery.scrollTo-1.4.3.1-min.js"></script>
Wiring it all up
The code below is borrowed from jQuery easing plugin
jQuery(function ($) {
$.easing.elasout = function (x, t, b, c, d) {
var s = 1.70158; var p = 0; var a = c;
if (t == 0) return b;
if ((t /= d) == 1) return b + c;
if (!p) p = d * .3;
if (a < Math.abs(c)) {
a = c; var s = p / 4;
} else var s = p / (2 * Math.PI) * Math.asin(c / a);
// line breaks added to avoid scroll bar
return a * Math.pow(2, -10 * t) * Math.sin((t * d - s)
* (2 * Math.PI) / p) + c + b;
};
// important reset all scrollable panes to (0,0)
$('div.pane').scrollTo(0);
$.scrollTo(0); // Reset the screen to (0,0)
// adding a click handler for each link
// within the div with the id nav-list
$('#nav-list a').click(function () {
$.scrollTo(this.hash, 1500, {
easing: 'elasout'
});
return false;
});
// adding a click handler for the link at the bottom
$('a.toNav').click(function () {
var scrollTargetId = this.hash;
$.scrollTo(scrollTargetId, 1500, {
easing: 'elasout'
});
return false;
});
});
Fully working demo on plnkr.co
You may take a look at the soucre code for the demo.
Update May 2014
Based on another question i came across another solution from kadaj. Here jQuery animate is used to scroll to an element inside a <div style=overflow-y: scroll>
$(document).ready(function () {
$('.navSection').on('click', function (e) {
debugger;
var elemId = ""; //eg: #nav2
switch (e.target.id) {
case "nav1":
elemId = "#s1";
break;
case "nav2":
elemId = "#s2";
break;
case "nav3":
elemId = "#s3";
break;
case "nav4":
elemId = "#s4";
break;
}
$('.content').animate({
scrollTop: $(elemId).parent().scrollTop()
+ $(elemId).offset().top
- $(elemId).parent().offset().top
}, {
duration: 1000,
specialEasing: { width: 'linear'
, height: 'easeOutBounce' },
complete: function (e) {
//console.log("animation completed");
}
});
e.preventDefault();
});
});
I use JQuery : 1.6.4
My target it's create function who, without giving varabiles in (), can start and stop Script.
When i tried reach.. target.. I was found a few problems...
Specyfic variable\s only for JQuery plugin, with acces from funcions (change variables)
functions move_text
Result for div 190px , and distance 2.5px
190, 187.5, 190... We can.. se fault change of global variable
Should be 190, 187.5, 185...
How resolve this problem (JSON ? Window)?
I tried way with JSON, object... but... i waste a lot of time.. And nothing find...
So.. Way with window['distance_iv'] is Good?
Here is my code :
$.fn.emulate_marquee = function( options ) {
var settings = {
'ob_name': '', // object who we use...
'direction': 'left',
'scroll_amount': 100,
'delay': 25 // Animation speed
};
//call in the default otions
options = $.extend(settings, options);
return this.each(function(options) {
var object = $(settings.ob_name);
window['distance_ob'] = width = object.width();
//object.css(settings.direction , width + 'px'); // Set Width
//alert(width);
total_width = (2 * width) / settings.scroll_amount;
// total_width
settings.distance = settings.scroll_amount / (1000/ settings.delay); // Calculate distance for one frame
width_s = screen.width; // Get screen width
next_obj = setTimeout (function(){
move_text()
}, 1);
/*next_res = setTimeout (function(){
resolution_ch()
}, 1);
*/
var move_text = function()
{
//alert((settings.width - (i * settings.scroll_amount)) + 'px');
alert(window['distance_ob'] + 'px');
window['distance_ob'] -= settings.distance;
object.css(settings.direction , window['distance_ob'] + 'px');
alert(window['distance_ob'] + 'px');
if (window['distance_ob'] < total_width)
{
next_obj = setTimeout (function(){
move_text()
}, settings.delay);
}
else
{
next_obj = setTimeout (function(){
move_text()
}, settings.delay);
window['distance_ob'] = width;
}
}
var resolution_ch = function()
{
if (screen.width != width_s)
{
// change varabiales... for new resolution
width_s = screen.width;
distance_ob = width = object.width();
alert(width_s + ' ' + object.width());
total_width = (2 * width) / settings.scroll_amoun;
alert("Detected Change resolution.... nuke in 5 second... started...");
}
next_res = setTimeout (function(){
resolution_ch()
}, 1000);
}
});
};
Maybe try saving your global variable to jQuery.data() (ref)
But since it sounds like you might need to access methods from outside of the plugin, I would suggest checking out some different plugin patterns.
Check out this awesome "library" of jQuery plugin patterns.
Especially look at the patterns that save the plugin instance into the jQuery data; which is done by default in all of the widget factory templates. But my personal favorite is the "jquery.namespace.plugin-boilerplate.js"