Minimalistic ScrollSpy
HTML
<ul id="top-menu">
<li> <a href="http://google.co.nz">Google</a>
</li>
<li> <a href="http://domainname.com#foo">Foo</a>
</li>
<li> <a href="#bar">Bar</a>
</li>
<li> <a href="#baz">Baz</a>
</li>
</ul>
<a id="foo">Foo</a>
<a id="bar">Bar</a>
<a id="baz">Baz</a>
CSS
body {
height: 6000px;
font-family: Helvetica, Arial;
}
#top-menu {
position: fixed;
z-index: 1;
background: white;
left: 0;
right: 0;
top: 0;
}
#top-menu li {
float: left;
}
#top-menu a {
display: block;
padding: 5px 25px 7px 25px;
width: 4em;
text-align: center;
-webkit-transition: .5s all ease-out;
-moz-transition: .5s all ease-out;
transition: .5s all ease-out;
border-top: 3px solid white;
color: #aaa;
text-decoration: none;
}
#top-menu a:hover {
color: #000;
}
#top-menu li.active a {
border-top: 3px solid #333;
color: #333;
}
#foo {
position: absolute;
top: 400px;
}
#bar {
position: absolute;
top: 800px;
}
#baz {
position: absolute;
top: 1200px;
}
JavaScript
// Cache selectors
var topMenu = $("#top-menu"),
topMenuHeight = topMenu.outerHeight() + 15,
// All list items
//menuItems = topMenu.find("a"),
menuItems = topMenu.find('a[href*=#]'),
// Anchors corresponding to menu items
scrollItems = menuItems.map(function () {
var item = $('#' + $(this).attr('href').split('#')[1]);
if (item.length) {
return item;
}
});
// Bind to scroll
$(window).scroll(function () {
// Get container scroll position
var fromTop = $(this).scrollTop() + topMenuHeight;
// Get id of current scroll item
var cur = scrollItems.map(function () {
if ($(this).offset().top < fromTop) return this;
});
// Get the id of the current element
cur = cur[cur.length - 1];
var id = cur && cur.length ? cur[0].id : "";
// Set/remove active class
menuItems.parent().removeClass("active")
.end().filter("[href$=" + id + "]").parent().addClass("active");
});