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Sticky sidebar from bottom during scrolling

I'm planning to recreate the Medium.com like sidebar. This is what I have now but it's far from over.
Open the JSFiddle below to understand better; I am looking to do the following:
When you scroll down, it suddenly sticks to the bottom. How do I make it stick gradually as you scroll?
Because it uses position: fixed, it moves towards the right side without respecting the layout. How do I fix this?
When you scroll up and there's less space, it overlaps with the header as shown in the screenshot. Again, most likely because position: fixed is used.
How do I fix this? I know there's sticky-kit that does the work but I can't use any plugin.
HTML:
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-xs-12">
Header and Menu is placed here.
<hr />
</div>
<div class="col-xs-8">
<p>This is the main body which the user would be scrolling infinitely as more data gets loaded on scroll.</p>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-4">
<div id="sidebar">
<p>
This is the sidebar which I want to stop when it reaches the bottom like the one shown in medium dot com
</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Javascript:
function scrollCheck() {
var $right = $('#sidebar'),
scrollTop = $(window).scrollTop(),
windowHeight = $(window).height(),
docHeight = $(document).height(),
rightHeight = $right.height(),
distanceToTop = rightHeight - windowHeight,
distanceToBottom = scrollTop + windowHeight - docHeight;
if (scrollTop > distanceToTop) {
$right.css({
'position': 'fixed',
'bottom': (scrollTop + windowHeight > docHeight ? distanceToBottom + 'px' : '0px')
});
}
else {
$right.css({
'position': 'relative',
'bottom': 'auto'
});
}
}
$(window).bind('scroll', scrollCheck);
JSFIDDLE

I'll answer what questions of yours I could. Here is the edited Fiddle first.
As for your questions:
The sudden sticking to the bottom is caused because the element isn't the full length of the page so sticking it to the bottom with a fixed position will cause it to jump there. Whereas with the change I made so it sticks to the top there won't have this jump, as the element is at the top of the screen when scrolling so it can be discreetly fixed there.
This was because the element didn't have a fixed width and setting position: fixed; means that the elements width is no longer set by the parent, but the view port. So it expands to fill all the width in the view port it can.
This was happening because the position: fixed; was never removed when scrolling back above the elements original position, the updated if statement in the Js now removes the class with position: fixed; when scrolling above its original location.
A more detailed look into what I changed.
I added a CSS class so .toggleClass could be used to make the function cleaner.
.docked-sidebar {
position: fixed;
top: 0;
}
I also changed the conditions for the if statement so that they worked. Using .offset().top; to get the distance between the sidebar and the top of the page, while removing most of the other variables as they weren't needed. Finally I created bool variable(isDocked) so that the same condition isn't triggered multiple times.
var $right = $('#sidebar'),
isDocked = false,
initOffsetTop = $right.offset().top;
function scrollCheck() {
var scrollTop = $(window).scrollTop(),
offsetTop = $right.offset().top;
if (!isDocked && ((offsetTop - scrollTop) < 0)) {
$right.toggleClass("docked-sidebar");
isDocked = true;
} else if (isDocked && scrollTop <= initOffsetTop) {
$right.toggleClass("docked-sidebar");
isDocked = false;
}
}
For sticking to the bottom and then to the top exactly like the example website I recommend checking this question.

scroll to a div when scrolling, and scroll to top when div disappear

I have 2 divs on my webpage. first div is "#pattern" (red one), and second on is "#projets".(blue one)
when use scrolls for the first time, the window scrolls automaticaly to the the second div "#projets". I'm using jquery scroll-To plugin.
it works nice, even if when the users scroll with a large amount of scroll there could be on offset from the "#projets" div... If someone has an idea to correct this would be nice, but that's not my main trouble...
Now i'm trying to scroll back to the top of the page ("#pattern" div) as soon as "#pattern" div reappears when scrolling, the red one. so basically it should be as soon as the offset from the top of my screen of my div "#projets" is supperior to 1.
I've tried so many solutions without results, using flags, multiple conditions... it can be the same kind of thing as on this page, but user should be abble to scroll freely inside the page, not scrolling from hash to hash :
http://www.thepetedesign.com/demos/onepage_scroll_demo.html
here is my html :
<div id="pattern"></div>
<div id="projets"></div>
my css :
#pattern {
height:300px;
width: 100%;
background-color:red
}
#projets {
height:800px;
width: 100%;
background-color:blue
}
and my jquery :
var flag=0 ;
$(window).on('scroll',function(){
var top_projets_position = $("#projets").offset().top - $(window).scrollTop();
if((flag==0) && $(window).scrollTop()>1){
$(window).scrollTo('#projets', 500);
flag=1;
}
if($(window).scrollTop()==0){
flag=0;
}
});
here is jsfiddle :
http://jsfiddle.net/jdf9q0sv/
hope someone can help me with this, I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong, maybe a wrong method ! thanks

It looks like you need to track 3 things:
The scroll direction occurs.
The area you are currently viewing.
If scroll animation is currently happening (we need to wait until it's done, or problems will occur).
http://jsfiddle.net/vx69t5Lt/
var prev_scroll = 0; // <-- to determine direction of scrolling
var current_view ="#pattern"; // <-- to determine what element we are viewing
var allowed = true; // <-- to prevent scrolling confusion during animation
var top_projets_position = $("#projets").offset().top + 1;
$(window).on('scroll',function(){
var current_scroll = $(window).scrollTop();
if(current_scroll < top_projets_position && current_view=="#projets" && current_scroll < prev_scroll){
scrollToTarget("#pattern");
}
if($(window).height() + current_scroll > top_projets_position && current_view=="#pattern" && current_scroll > prev_scroll){
scrollToTarget("#projets");
}
prev_scroll = current_scroll;
});
function scrollToTarget(selector){
if(allowed){
allowed = false;
$(window).scrollTo(selector, {
'duration':500,
'onAfter': function(){ allowed = true; current_view = selector;}
});
}
}
This is just a quick solution based on your original code. A better solution would be to do something more Object Oriented (OOP) and track values in an object. Perhaps take an array of elements on object creation, grab all the boundaries and use the boundaries in your scroll handler to determine when to scroll to the next div.

Do not execute jQuery script if CSS is of particular value

On my website, I have a sidebar DIV on the left and a text DIV on the right. I wanted to make the sidebar follow the reader as he or she scrolls down so I DuckDuckGo'ed a bit and found this then modified it slightly to my needs:
<script type='text/javascript'>//<![CDATA[
$(window).load(function(){
$(function(){
var $sidebar = $('#sidebar'),
sidebarOffset = $sidebar.offset(),
$window = $(window),
gap = $('#header').css('marginBottom').replace(/[^-\d\.]/g, ''),
distance = ($window.scrollTop()) - (sidebarOffset.top - gap),
footerHeight = $('#footer').outerHeight();
$window.scroll(function(){
distance = ($window.scrollTop()) - (sidebarOffset.top - gap);
if ( distance > 0 ) {
$sidebar.css({'top': gap + 'px', 'position' : 'fixed'});
} else {
$sidebar.css({'top': '0', 'position': 'relative'});
}
})
});
});//]]>
</script>
And it works just like I want it to. However, my website uses Skeleton framework to handle responsive design. I've designed it so that when it goes down to mobile devices (horizontal then vertical), sidebar moves from being to the left of the text to being above it so that text DIV can take 100% width. As you can probably imagine, this script causes the sidebar to cover parts of text as you scroll down.
I am completely new to jQuery and I am doing my best through trial-and-error but I've given up. What I need help with is to make this script not execute if a certain DIV has a certain CSS value (i.e. #header-logo is display: none).
Ideally, the script should check for this when user resizes the browser, not on website load, in case user resizes the browser window from normal size to mobile size.
I imagine it should be enough to wrap it in some IF-ELSE statement but I am starting to pull the hair out of my head by now. And since I don't have too much hair anyway, I need help!
Thanks a lot in advance!

This function will execute on window resize and will check if #header-logo is visible.
$(window).resize(function() {
if ($('#header-logo').is(':visible')) {
// Your code
}
});
I think you need to check this on load to, because you don't know if the user will start with mobile view or not. You could do something like this:
$(window).resize(function() {
if ($('#header-logo').is(':visible')) {
// Your code
}
}).resize();
This will get executed on load and on resize.
EDIT: You will probably need to turn off the scroll function if #header-logo is not visible. So, instead of create the function inside the scroll event, you need to create it outside:
$(window).resize(function() {
if ($('#header-logo').is(':visible')) {
var $sidebar = $('#sidebar'),
sidebarOffset = $sidebar.offset(),
$window = $(window),
gap = $('#header').css('marginBottom').replace(/[^-\d\.]/g, ''),
distance = ($window.scrollTop()) - (sidebarOffset.top - gap),
footerHeight = $('#footer').outerHeight();
function myScroll() {
distance = ($window.scrollTop()) - (sidebarOffset.top - gap);
if ( distance > 0 ) {
$sidebar.css({'top': gap + 'px', 'position' : 'fixed'});
} else {
$sidebar.css({'top': '0', 'position': 'relative'});
}
}
$window.on('scroll', myScroll);
} else {
$(window).off('scroll', myScroll);
}
});
Didn't test it, but you get the idea.

$("#headerLogo").css("display") will get you the value.
http://api.jquery.com/css/
I also see you only want this to happen on resize, so wrap it in jquery's resize() function:
https://api.jquery.com/resize/

Push footer to bottom when page is not full

I'm developing a mobile web app. This is the main structure from top to bottom: header div, menu div, content div, footer div. The header, menu and footer are constant and pages are loaded into the content div using ajax.
Some of the pages have lots of content and they fill out the page so scroll is needed. Some of the pages have only one or two lines of content so they leave a big empty part (Not necessarily different pages - one page for example shows a list of orders, you can have no orders and you can have hundreds...).
This is what i want to achieve: If the page is not full with content, the footer will be in the bottom of the page. If the page is full and scroll is needed, the footer will be immediately after the content (so you scroll down the page and in the end you reach the footer).
The sticky footer solutions are not good for me because i don't want the footer to stick to the bottom always, only when the page is not full of content.
Is there anyway to achieve that? Thanks.

Then you have to use javascript for that - calculate the height of the content - substract it from the window height and set the margin-top of the footer from that distance:
jsfiddle
jsfiddle show
HTML
<div id="header" class="header">Header</div>
<div id="content" class="content">Content</div>
<div id="footer" class="footer">Footer</div>
JS (This example uses jQuery, it should be included before this script.)
$('#footer').css('margin-top',
$(document).height()
- ( $('#header').height() + $('#content').height() )
- $('#footer').height()
);
You can put an onresize window that call this function on any resize of the window.
[edit blag :]
Here is the onResize method (but with a min-height and not a margin-top)
Check the JSFiddle
// function to set the height on fly
function autoHeight() {
$('#content').css('min-height', 0);
$('#content').css('min-height', (
$(document).height()
- $('#header').height()
- $('#footer').height()
));
}
// onDocumentReady function bind
$(document).ready(function() {
autoHeight();
});
// onResize bind of the function
$(window).resize(function() {
autoHeight();
});
Borders, padding and margin
If you want to have borders and padding included in the calculation you can use outerHeight() instead of height(). Alternatively outerHeight(true) also includes margins.

A CSS Sticky footer should solve your problem.
Here's an example
That is super easy to setup and use. It will force the footer down the page with the content, and if the content isn't big enough to fill the page it will stick to the bottom.

function autoHeight() {
var h = $(document).height() - $('body').height();
if (h > 0) {
$('#footer').css({
marginTop: h
});
}
}
$(window).on('load', autoHeight);

The following solution works for me, based on the answer from Александр Михайлов. It finds the bottom of the footer and determines if it is less than the document height and uses top margin on the footer to make up the shortfall. This solution might give issues if your content is being resized on the go.
$(function () {
updateFooterPosition();
});
$(window).resize(function () {
updateFooterPosition();
});
function updateFooterPosition() {
var bottomOfFooter = $('footer').offset().top + $('footer').outerHeight(true);
var heightShortage = $(document).height() - bottomOfFooter;
if (heightShortage < 0) heightShortage = 0;
$('footer').css('margin-top', heightShortage);
}

Here's the solution i came to on my project
function autoHeight() {
if ( document.body.clientHeight < window.innerHeight ) {
document.querySelector('#footer').style.position = 'absolute';
document.querySelector('#footer').style.bottom = '0';
}
}
document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function() {
autoHeight();
});

This solution worked for me. I think this is perfect if you have more than only a #header and #footer. It just push the content down with a padding-bottom if body is smaller than the viewport.
function autoHeight() {
var bodyHeight = $("body").height();
var vwptHeight = $(window).height();
var gap = vwptHeight - bodyHeight;
if (vwptHeight > bodyHeight) {
$("#content").css( "padding-bottom" , gap );
} else {
$("#content").css( "padding-bottom" , "0" );
}
}
$(document).ready(function() {
autoHeight();
});
$(window).resize(function() {
autoHeight();
});

How do you make a floating sidebar like envato?

I really like the floating panel on the left side of the following site:
http://envato.com/
I have no idea what its called, but I like how when you click on the search button, it expands to a search page, you click on another icon, and it expands with what appears like its own page.
How do I accomplish this? Is there some tutorial out there using html5, JavaScript or jQuery?
NOTE: All the answers so far only cover the floating bar, but not the clicking on a link on that floating bar to show a window expanded to the right.

<div id="float"></div>
#float{
position:fixed;
top:50px;
left:0;
}
Check working example at http://jsfiddle.net/TVwAv/

done using css,
HTML
<div id="floating_sidebar">
whatever you want to put here
</div>
CSS
#floating_sidebar {
position:fixed;
left: 0;
top: 100px; /* change to adjust height from the top of the page */
}

I am using this for a "floating (sticky) menu". What I have added is:
1. to avoid my 'footer' always being "scrolled" down in case the sidemenu is a little high, I only do the scrolling if necessary, i.e -
when the content is higher than the sidebar.
2. I found the animate effect a little "jumpy" to my taste, so I just changed the css through jquery. of-course you put a 0 in the animate time, but the animation still occurs, so it's cleaner and faster to use the css.
3. 100 is the height of my header. you can assume it to be the "threshold" of when to do the scrolling.
$(window).scroll(function(){
if ($('#sidebar').height() < $('#content').height())
{
if ($(this).scrollTop() > 90)
$('#sidebar').css({"margin-top": ($(this).scrollTop()) - 100 });
//$('#sidebar').animate({"marginTop": ($(this).scrollTop()) - 100 }, 0);
else
$('#sidebar').css({"margin-top": ($(this).scrollTop()) });
//$('#sidebar').animate({"marginTop": ($(this).scrollTop()) }, 0);
}
});`

you can use this ..
your html div is here
<div id="scrolling_div">Your text here</div>
And you javascript function is here
$(window).scroll(function(){
$('#scrolling_div').stop().animate({"marginTop": ($(this).scrollTop()) +10+ "px"}, "slow"});
});
You can also use the css for this
#scrolling_div {
position:absolute;
left: 0;
top: 100px;
}
I have not tested it but hopefully its worked.

I know this looks quite a big piece of code, however this function just works by specifying three simple options; your floater "top", your "target" (floater) and "reference" element to set the boundaries, it also takes care of the top and bottom position automatically, no css involved.
function scrollFloater(marginTop, reference, target, fixWhidth = false){
var processScroll = function(){
var from = reference.offset().top - marginTop;
var to = reference.offset().top + reference.outerHeight() + marginTop - target.outerHeight();
var scrollTop = $(this).scrollTop();
var bottom = to - reference.offset().top + marginTop;
if( fixWhidth )
target.css('width', target.width());
if( scrollTop > from && scrollTop < to )
target.css('position', 'fixed').css('top',marginTop);
else if( scrollTop >= to )
target.css('position', 'absolute').css('top', bottom);
else
target.css('position', '').css('top',marginTop);
}
$(window).scroll(function(){ processScroll(); });
processScroll();
}
And this is how you would use it:
$(function() {
scrollFloater(41, $('.box.auth.register'), $('.plans-floater'), true);
});
I hope this helps someone.