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HTML
<div id="page">
<div class="nav-wrap">
<ul class="group" id="example-one">
<li class="current_page_item"><a href="#box1">Box1</a>
</li>
<li><a href="#box2">Box2</a>
</li>
<li><a href="#box3">Box3</a>
</li>
<li><a href="#box4">Box4</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="boxes" id="box1">
<a>Box1</a>
</div>
<div class="boxes" id="box2">
<a>Box2</a>
</div>
<div class="boxes" id="box3">
<a>Box3</a>
</div>
<div class="boxes" id="box4">
<a>Box4</a>
</div>
</div>
CSS
#page {
width:960px;
height:3000px;
}
.nav-wrap {
margin: 5px auto;
background-color:black;
border-top: 2px solid white;
border-bottom: 2px solid white;
}
#example-one {
margin: 0 auto;
list-style: none;
position:fixed;
width: 960px;
z-index:1;
}
#example-one li {
display: inline;
float: left;
}
#example-one li a {
color: #bbb;
font-size: 14px;
display: block;
padding: 6px 10px 4px 10px;
text-decoration: none;
}
#example-one li a:hover {
color: white;
}
#magic-line {
position: absolute;
bottom: -2px;
left: 0;
width: 100px;
height: 2px;
background: #fe4902;
}
.boxes {
height:300;
padding-bottom:500px;
width:100%;
position:relative;
float:left;
z-index:0;
}
JavaScript
$(document).ready(function () {
magicline();
});
function magicline() {
var $el, leftPos, newWidth,
$mainNav = $("#example-one");
$("#magic-line").remove();
$mainNav.append("<li id='magic-line'></li>");
var $magicLine = $("#magic-line");
$magicLine.width($(".current_page_item").width())
.css("left", $(".current_page_item a").position().left)
.data("origLeft", $magicLine.position().left)
.data("origWidth", $magicLine.width());
$("#example-one li a").hover(function () {
$el = $(this);
leftPos = $el.position().left;
newWidth = $el.parent().width();
$magicLine.stop().animate({
left: leftPos,
width: newWidth
});
}, function () {
$magicLine.stop().animate({
left: $magicLine.data("origLeft"),
width: $magicLine.data("origWidth")
});
});
}
$('li a').on('click', function () {
$('li').each(function () {
$(this).removeClass('current_page_item');
});
$(this).parent().addClass('current_page_item');
magicline();
});
var loc = window.location.pathname.split('/')[1];
$('.group a[href='+ loc +']').parent().addClass('current_page_item')