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How to make my animated skills bar responsive

I have an animated skills bar on my website, which fires when the section scrolls into view. Everything is working well so far.
Except when the viewport changes/window resizes the animated bars won't adjust to it and will be too long or to short.
I tried to solve this problem with
$(window).resize(function(){location.reload();
but on mobile viewport it keeps refreshing the page even though I'm just scrolling.
I already searched the net to see if there is a way to just reload the specific jquery function, but couldn't find anything. Or to be honest I didn't quite understood I guess, and couldn't get it working.
Here is what I found: https://css-tricks.com/forums/topic/reload-jquery-functions-on-ipad-orientation-change/
I read there is a way to make the website reload the whole js file. But since I still have other animations on my page, I don't know if this is the best way to do it.
I'm glad if anyone could help me with this. I'm very new to coding and my js/jquery knowledge is still very limited/non-existent.
here is my script for the bar animation
var $meters = $(".meter > span");
var $section = $('#skills .meter');
var $queue = $({});
function loadDaBars() {
$meters.each(function() {
var $el = $(this);
var origWidth = $el.width();
$el.width(0);
$queue.queue(function(next) {
$el.animate({width: origWidth}, 800, next);
});
});
}
$(document).bind('scroll', function(ev) {
var scrollOffset = $(document).scrollTop();
var containerOffset = $section.offset().top - window.innerHeight;
if (scrollOffset > containerOffset) {
loadDaBars();
$(document).unbind('scroll');
}
});
the width for the skillbar is defined via div class and span in %.
Maybe there is a css solution to this?
edit: this is how my html and css code looks like
.meter {
background-color: hsla(54, 73%, 95%, 1);
vertical-align: bottom;
width: 100%;
position: relative;
}
.meter>span {
display: block;
background-color: rgb(241, 233, 166);
position: relative;
overflow: hidden;
}
<div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6">
<div class="meter">
<span style="width: 50%"></span>
</div>

You remove the style property of the bar once the animation has finished. This way the css rule will apply again:
$el.animate({width: origWidth}, {duration: 800, complete: function (){$el.removeAttr('style')}}, next);
(Assuming the width defined by the css is responsive)

Finding where element meets top of scrollable div

I have a scrollable div container fits multiple "pages" (or div's) inside of it's container.
My goal is to, at any given moment, figure out where inside my red container does it reach the top of my scrollable container. So it can be a constant on scroll event, or a button that triggers this task.
So for example. If I have a absolute div element inside one of my red boxes at top:50px. And if I scroll to where that div element reaches the top of my scrollable container. The trigger should say that I am at 50px of my red container.
I'm having a hard time grasping how to accomplish this but I've tried things like:
$("#pageContent").scroll(function(e) {
console.log($(this).scrollTop());
});
But it doesn't take into account the separate pages and I don't believe it it completely accurate depending on the scale. Any guidance or help would be greatly appreciated.
Here is my code and a jsfiddle to better support my question.
Note: If necessary, I use scrollspy in my project so I could target which red container needs to be checked.
HTML
<div id="pageContent" class="slide" style="background-color: rgb(241, 242, 247); height: 465px;">
<div id="formBox" style="height: 9248.627450980393px;">
<div class="trimSpace" style="width: 1408px; height: 9248.627450980393px;">
<div id="formScale" style="width: 816px; -webkit-transform: scale(1.7254901960784315); display: block;">
<form action="#" id="XaoQjmc0L51z_form" autocomplete="off">
<div class="formContainer" style="width:816px;height:1056px" id="xzOwqphM4GGR_1">
<div class="formContent">
<div class="formBackground">
<div style="position:absolute;top:50px;left:100px;width:450px;height:25px;background-color:#fff;color:#000;">When this reaches the top, the "trigger" should say 50px"</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="formContainer" style="width:816px;height:1056px" id="xzOwqphM4GGR_2">
<div class="formContent">
<div class="formBackground"><div style="position:absolute;top:50px;left:100px;width:450px;height:25px;background-color:#fff;color:#000;">This should still say 50px</div></div>
</div>
</div>
</form>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
CSS
#pageContent {
position:relative;
padding-bottom:20px;
background-color:#fff;
z-index:2;
overflow:auto;
-webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch;
-webkit-transform: translate(0, 0);
-moz-transform: translate(0, 0);
-ms-transform: translate(0, 0);
transform: translate(0, 0);
}
#formBox {
display: block;
position: relative;
height: 100%;
padding: 15px;
}
.trimSpace {
display: block;
position: relative;
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 0;
height: 100%;
overflow: hidden;
}
#formScale::after {
display: block;
content:'';
padding-bottom:5px;
}
#formScale {
position:relative;
width:816px;
margin:0;
-webkit-transform-origin: 0 0;
-moz-transform-origin: 0 0;
transform-origin: 0 0;
-ms-transform-origin: 0 0;
}
.formContainer {
position:relative;
margin : 0 auto 15px auto;
padding:0;
}
.formContent {
position:absolute;
width:100%;
height:100%;
}
.formBackground {
width:100%;
height:100%;
background-color:red;
}
JS
var PAGEWIDTH = 816;
$(window).resize(function (e) {
zoomProject();
resize();
});
function resize() {
$("#pageContent").css('height', window.innerHeight - 45 + 'px');
}
function zoomProject() {
var maxWidth = $("#formBox").width(),
percent = maxWidth / PAGEWIDTH;
$("#formScale").css({
'transform': 'scale(' + percent + ')',
'-moz-transform': 'scale(' + percent + ')',
'-webkit-transform': 'scale(' + percent + ')',
'-ms-transform': 'scale(' + percent + ')'
});
$(".trimSpace").css('width', (PAGEWIDTH * percent) + 'px');
$("#formBox, .trimSpace").css('height', ($("#formScale").height() * percent) + 'px');
}
zoomProject();
resize();
EDIT:
I don't think I am conveying a good job at relaying what I want to accomplish.
At the moment there are two .formContainer's. When I scroll #pageContainer, the .formContainer divs move up through #pageContainer.
So what I want to accomplish is, when a user clicks the "ME" button or #click (as shown in the fiddle below), I'd like to know where in that particular .formContainer, is it touching the top of #pageContainer.
I do use scroll spy in my real world application so I know which .formContainer is closest to the top. So if you just want to target one .formContainer, that is fine.
I used these white div elements as an example. If I am scrolling #pageContainer, and that white div element is at the top of screen as I am scrolling and I click on "ME", the on click trigger should alert to me that .formContainer is touching the top of #pageContainer at 50px from the top. If, the the red container is just touching the top of #pageContainer, it should say it is 0px from the top.
I hope that helps clear up some misconception.
Here is an updated jsfiddle that shows the kind of action that I want to happen.

I am giving this a stab because I find these things interesting. It might just be a starting point since I have a headache today and am not thinking straight. I'd be willing to bet it can be cleaned up and simplified some.
I also might be over-complicating the approach I took, getting the first visible form, and the positioning. I didn't use the getBoundingClientRect function either.
Instead, I approached it trying to account for padding and margin, using a loop through parent objects up to the pageContent to get the offset relative to that element. Because the form is nested a couple levels deep inside the pageContent element you can't use position(). You also can't use offset() since that changes with scroll. The loop approach allowed me to factor the top margin/padding in. I haven't looked at the other solutions proposed fully so there might be a shorter way to accomplish this.
Keeping in mind that the scale will affect the ACTUAL location of the child elements, you have to divide by your scale percentage when getting the actual location. To do that I moved the scalePercentage to a global var so it was usable by the zoom function and the click.
Here's the core of what I did. The actual fiddle has more logging and junk:
var visForm = getVisibleForm();
var formTop = visForm.position().top;
var parents = visForm.parentsUntil('#pageContent');
var truOffset = 0;
parents.each(function() {
truOffset -= $(this).position().top;
});
// actual location of form relative to pageContent visible pane
var formLoc = truOffset - formTop;
var scaledLoc = formLoc / scalePercent;
Updated Fiddle (forgot to account for scale in get func): http://jsfiddle.net/e6vpq9c8/5/

If I understand your question correctly, what you want is to catch when certain descendant elements reach the top of the outer container, and then determine the position of the visible "page" (div with class formContainer) relative to the top.
If so, the first task is to mark the specific elements that could trigger this:
<div class='triggerElement' style="position:absolute;top:50px;left:100px;width:450px;height:25px;background-color:#fff;color:#000;">When this reaches the top, the "trigger" should say 50px"</div>
Then the code:
// arbitrary horizontal offset - customize for where your trigger elements are placed horizontally
var X_OFFSET = 100;
// determine once, at page load, where outer container is on the page
var outerContainerRect;
$(document).ready(function() {
outerContainerRect = $("#pageContent").get(0).getBoundingClientRect();
});
// when outer container is scrolled
$("#pageContent").scroll(function(e) {
// determine which element is at the top
var topElement = $(document.elementFromPoint(outerContainerRect.left+X_OFFSET, outerContainerRect.top));
/*
// if a trigger element
if (topElement.hasClass("triggerElement")) {
// get trigger element's position relative to page
console.log(topElement.position().top);
}
*/
var page = topElement.closest(".formContainer");
if (page.length > 0) {
console.log(-page.get(0).getBoundingClientRect().top);
}
});
EDIT: Changed code to check formContainer elements rather than descendant elements, as per your comment.
http://jsfiddle.net/j6ybgf58/23/
EDIT #2: A simpler approach, given that you know which formContainer to target:
$("#pageContent").scroll(function(e) {
console.log($(this).scrollTop() - $("#xzOwqphM4GGR_1").position().top);
});
http://jsfiddle.net/rL4Ly3yy/5/
However, it still gives different results based on the size of the window. This seems unavoidable - the zoomProject and resize functions are explicitly resizing the content, so you would have to apply the inverse transforms to the number you get from this code if you want it in the original coordinate system.

I do not fully understand what it is that you are needing, but if i am correct this should do the trick
$("#pageContent").scroll(function(e) {
// If more then 50 pixels from the top has been scrolled
// * if you want it to only happen at 50px, just execute this once by removing the scroll listener on pageContent
if((this.scrollHeight - this.scrollTop) < (this.scrollHeight - 50)) {
alert('it is');
}
});
ScrollHeight is the full height of the object including scrollable pixels.
ScrollTop is the amount of pixels scrolled from the top.

You can use waypoints to detect the position of divs based on where you're scrolling.
Here is a link to their official website's example: http://imakewebthings.com/waypoints/shortcuts/inview/

Bring an element to top of the page even if the page does not scroll

Background:
Let's say you have a simple page which has a logo and a heading only and one paragraph
<img src="http://blog.stackoverflow.com/wp-content/uploads/StackExchangeLogo1.png">
<h1>Foo Bar</h1>
<p>ABC12345</p>
This is how that looks like
That page, obviously would not have vertical overflow / scroll bar for almost even tiny scale mobile devices, let alone computers.
Question
How can you bring that heading to the top left of the screen and move the logo out of focus unless someone scrolls up? Open to using any JavaScript library and any CSS framework
Attempts:
Tried using anchors but they only work if the page already had a scroll bar and anchor was out of focus.
Tried window.scrollTo but that also requires the page to have scroll already
Tried $("html, body").animate({ scrollTop: 90}, 100); but that also doesn't work when the page doesn't have overflow
Notes:
Please note that adding some extra <br/> to induce an overflow is not the way to go, it can be done that way but that's a very ordinary workaround
Why is it needed?
Its for a form for mobile devices, simple requirement is to take the first field of the form to top of the page and hide the logo (one can scroll up if they wish to see it) so it doesn't take attention away. Not using jQueryMobile for this particular task.

If you want the user to be able to scroll up and see the logo, then the logo must be within the top boundary of the body tag, because anything outside of that tag will not be viewable. This means you cannot use negative margins or offsetting like that. The only way to achieve this is to have the page scroll to the desired location that is within the top boundary of the body tag. You can set the time for this event to one millisecond, but there will still be a 'jump' in the page when it is loaded. So, the logic is: first make sure the page is long enough to scroll to the right place, then scroll there.
//Change the jQuery selectors accordingly
//The minimum height of the page must be 100% plus the height of the image
$('body').css('min-height',$(document).height() + $('img').height());
//Then scroll to that location with a one millisecond interval
$('html, body').animate({scrollTop: $('img').height() + 'px'}, 1);
View it here.
Alternatively, you can load the page without the image in the first place. Then your form field will be flush with the top of the document. Then you could create the element at the top and similarly scroll the page again. This is a round-a-bout way of doing the same thing though. And the page will still 'jump,' there is no way around that.

Only CSS and anchor link solution
With a pseudo element :
--- DEMO ---
First :
set : html,body{height:100%;}
Second :
Choose one of your existing tags. This tag mustn't have a relatively positioned parent (except if it is the body tag). Preferably the first element in the markup displayed after the logo. For your example it would be the h1 tag. And give it this CSS :
h1:before {
content:"";
position:absolute;
height:100%;
width:1px;
}
This creates an element as heigh as the viewport area. As it is displayed under the logo, the vertical scroll lenght is the same as the logo height.
Third :
Give the first element after logo an id (for this example I gave id="anchor").
Then you can use a link like this your_page_link#anchor and you will automaticaly scroll to the anchor (logo outside/above the viewport).
This works whatever height the logo is.
link to editable fiddle
Full code :
HTML
<img src="http://blog.stackoverflow.com/wp-content/uploads/StackExchangeLogo1.png">
<h1 id="anchor">Foo Bar</h1>
<p>ABC12345</p> Anchor link
CSS
html, body {
height:100%;
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
h1:before {
content:"";
position:absolute;
width:1px;
left:0;
height:100%;
}

You might need to add js functionality to hide the logo if user scrolls down but I guess following code will fullfill the first requirement.
Please see
<script src="js/jquery.js"></script>
<img id='logo' src="http://blog.stackoverflow.com/wp-content/uploads/StackExchangeLogo1.png" style="display:none">
<h1>Foo Bar</h1>
<p>ABC12345</p>
<script type="text/javascript">
var p = $( "p:first" );
var isScrolled=false;
/* For Firfox*/
$('html').on ('DOMMouseScroll', function (e) {
isScrolled = true;
if(p.scrollTop()==0 && isScrolled==true){
$('#logo').css('display','block');
}
});
/* For Chrome, IE, Opera and Safari: */
$('html').on ('mousewheel', function (e) {
isScrolled = true;
if(p.scrollTop()==0 && isScrolled==true){
$('#logo').css('display','block');
}
});
</script>
I have referred this question to find solution.

You could use touchmove event to detect swipe up or down. This is my example. You can try it on mobile device.
<style>
#logo {
position: absolute;
top: -100%;
-webkit-transition: top 0.5s;
-moz-transition: top 0.5s;
-ms-transition: top 0.5s;
-o-transition: top 0.5s;
transition: top 0.5s;
}
#logo.show {
top: 0;
}
</style>
<script>
var perY;
var y;
$(window).on('touchmove', function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
y = window.event.touches[0].pageY;
if(!perY)
perY = y;
else
{
if(y > perY)
$('#logo').addClass('show');
else
$('#logo').removeClass('show');
perY = null;
}
});
</script>
<img id="logo" src="http://blog.stackoverflow.com/wp-content/uploads/StackExchangeLogo1.png">
<h1>Foo Bar</h1>
<p>ABC12345</p>

This is the same problem i've encountered hiding the addressbar without the page overflowing. The only solution that fitted my needs was the following:
Set the min-height of the body to the viewportheight + your logo.
$('body').css('min-height', $(window).height() + 200);

This is a simple solution of getting the height of the contents to see if we can scroll to the part of the header, if not, we add height to the paragraph.
<img id="img" src="http://blog.stackoverflow.com/wp-content/uploads/StackExchangeLogo1.png" />
<h1 id="h" >Foo Bar</h1>
<p id="par" style="background:yellow;">
hello world
</p>
script:
function hola(){
var imgH = $("#img").outerHeight(true);
var titleH = $("#h").outerHeight(true);
var winH = $(window).height();
var parH = $('#par').outerHeight(true);
var contH = (imgH + titleH + parH);
var wishH = (imgH + winH);
console.log("wished height: " + wishH);
console.log("window height: " + winH);
console.log("content height: " + contH);
if(contH < wishH){
console.log("window is smaller than desired :(");
var newH = wishH - contH;
$("#par").height(parH + newH);
$(window).scrollTop(imgH);
}
}
Here is the working example:
http://jsfiddle.net/Uup62/1/

You may like this solution: http://jsfiddle.net/jy8pT/1/
HTML:
<div class="addScroll"></div>
<h1 class="logo"><img src="https://drupal.org/files/images/OQAAAI1PPrJY0nBALB7mkvju3mkQXqLmzMhxEjeb4gp8aujEUQcLfLyy-Sn4gZdkAas6-k8eYbQlGDE-GCjKfF5gIrUA15jOjFfLRv77VBd5t-WfZURdP9V3PdmT.png" height="100" alt="company logo"/></h1>
<h2>This is a sample page heading.</h2>
<p>This is a sample page text.</p>
JS:
function addScroll()
{
$(".addScroll").css({
"height": ($(window).height()+1) + "px",
"width": "100%"
});
}
$(document).ready(function(){
addScroll();
$(window).resize(function(){
addScroll();
});
$(window).scroll(function(){
if($(window).scrollTop() > 0)
{
$(".logo").animate({
marginTop: "-110px"
}, 500);
}
if($(window).scrollTop() == 0)
{
$(".logo").animate({
marginTop: "0"
}, 500);
}
});
});
CSS:
body
{
padding:0;
margin:0;
}
h1.logo
{
display:block;
margin:0 0 10px 0;
padding:0;
outline:0;
}
.addScroll
{
position:absolute;
display:block;
top:0;
left:0;
z-index:-1;
}

Equal Height Columns that Recalculate on Window Resize

The code I have below is supposed to find the height of the largest column (.border) and adjust the height of any other columns found within the .container div to equal it. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to get this code to work as intended so I'm hoping someone wiser than I could can help me out.
It's also worth mentioning that column height should be recalculated and columns resized respectively whenever the window has been resized.
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
//Bind the window onresize event
$(window).bind('resize', resizeWindow);
//Call resizeWindow() function immediately to intiially set elements
resizeWindow();
});
function resizeWindow(){
//Find all the container parent objects
$('.container').each(function(){
//Initialize the height variable
var maxHeight = 0;
//Cache the jQuery object for faster DOM access and performance
var $borders = $(this).find('.border');
//Find all the border child elements within this specific container
$borders.each(function(){
//Get current element's height
var thisHeight = $(this).height();
//Check if the current height is greater than the max height thus far
//If so, change max height to this height
if (thisHeight>maxHeight) maxHeight = thisHeight;
});
//Now that we have the maximum height of the elements,
//set that height for all the .border child elements inside the parent element
$borders.height(maxHeight);
});
}
</script>
<div class="container">
<a href="#" class="border">
<div class="column">
<div class="content">asdf</div>
</div>
</a>
<a href="#" class="border">
<div class="column">
<div class="content">asdf</div>
</div>
</a>
</div>

Use the jQuery equalHeights plugin:
http://www.cssnewbie.com/equalheights-jquery-plugin
$('.container .border').equalHeights(); // make all .border the same height
$(window).resize(function(){$('.container .border').equalHeights();});
See: http://jsfiddle.net/rZU35/

This is not exactly a solution to your JavaScript problem. This is a CSS solution, that doesn't need any JavaScript. Using those styles with your markup, both columns will always have the same height:
div.container {
display: table;
width: 100px;
}
div.container > a {
display: table-cell;
border: 1px solid red;
}
Demo
http://jsfiddle.net/wmbcr/
This will work upon resize too, if no fixed width is set.

I think you should provide an height to your DIV not the <a>.
Try this fiddle:
http://jsfiddle.net/ddFtX/1/

How to get the div top position value while scrolling

I am trying to run some script when div reaches to a certain point when it's scrolled. There is a fixed navigation and when the user scrolls the window it suppose change the nav name once it reaches close to the nav. I am using the $(window).scroll function but it only checking the div position once and not updating the value. How to make scroll check the window size every 5-10 px move so that it doesn't take too much memory/processing.
The code is set up at: http://jsfiddle.net/rexonms/hyMxq/
HTML
<div id="nav"> NAVIGATION
<div class="message">div name</div>
</div>
<div id="main">
<div id="a">Div A</div>
<div id ="b"> Div B</div>
<div id ="c"> Div C</div>
</div>​
CSS
#nav {
height: 50px;
background-color: #999;
position:fixed;
top:0;
width:100%;
}
#main{
margin-top:55px;
}
#a, #b, #c {
height:300px;
background-color:#ddd;
margin-bottom:2px;
}
SCRIPT
$(window).scroll(function() {
var b = $('#b').position();
$('.message').text(b.top);
if (b.top == 55) {
$('.message').text("Div B");
}
});​

Try this jsFiddle example
$(window).scroll(function() {
var scrollTop = $(window).scrollTop(),
divOffset = $('#b').offset().top,
dist = (divOffset - scrollTop);
$('.message').text(dist);
if (b.top == 55) {
$('.message').text("Div B");
}
});​
Your original code was only checking the position of the div relative to the top of the document which never changes. You need to calculate in the amount of scroll the window has incurred and calculate accordingly.
Also note the difference beyween jQuery's .position() and .offset() methods. The .position() method allows us to retrieve the current position of an element relative to the offset parent. Contrast this with .offset(), which retrieves the current position relative to the document.