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How to enable scrolling over fixed element?

I have a problem with scrolling over fixed element, it doesn't work on my site. But I saw that there is no such problem in some scrolling examples like this one. After a while I found a little difference - on my site the scrolling of the page is not on the html tag but on the of app's root tag.
Here you can find an example of the situation that I have - you can't scroll over the red block http://jsbin.com/rutogosesa/edit?html,css,output, and here an example where you can scroll over the red block http://jsbin.com/munixamuqo/edit?html,css,output.
My quesion is: how to allow scrolling in first example. I know that I can subscribe on onwheel event and move scrollbar mannually, but it looks weird as all browsers have smooth scrolling my implementation will broke its behaviour, especially for mac users. Maybe there are some other possible solutions?

Let's boil your trouble down to this: if the mouse is over #inner, you can't use the usual methods (spacebar, arrow keys, trackpad, wheel) to scroll #outer up and down.
If you need to keep everything you have, get around this by adding pointer-events: none to the inner element. (Note that this means you won't be able to interact with it at all - so any links in the inner element won't be clickable. Given the examples you gave in your question, that won't be a problem.)
html,
body {
height: 100%;
margin: 0;
}
html {
overflow: hidden;
}
#inner {
position: fixed;
background: red;
width: 200px;
height: 200px;
pointer-events: none; /* this is your fix. note it doesn't work in IE < 9 */
}
#outer {
overflow-y: auto; /* I changed this from "scroll". that may have been an inappropriate change, but it seems like it's probably desirable - you don't want the scrollbar to show even if the window is tall enough that you can't scroll */
background: blue;
height: 100%;
}
#push {
height: 2000px;
}
<div id="outer">
<p>top of #outer</p>
<div id="inner">
#inner
</div>
<div id="push" />
</div>
If you can get away with changing your html's styles, you can work around this by dropping the html {height: 100%; overflow: hidden}. This solution doesn't use pointer-events: none so you'll still be able to interact with the inner element!
html {
margin: 0; /* dropped html {height: 100%; overflow: hidden} */
}
body {
height: 100%;
margin: 0;
}
#inner {
position: fixed;
background: red;
width: 200px;
height: 200px;
}
#outer {
overflow-y: auto; /* I changed this from "scroll". that may have been an inappropriate change, but it seems like it's probably desirable - you don't want the scrollbar to show even if the window is tall enough that you can't scroll */
background: blue;
height: 100%;
}
#push {
height: 2000px;
}
<div id="outer">
<p>top of #outer</p>
<div id="inner">
#inner
</div>
<div id="push"></div>
</div>

Partially exposed div to slide up when image is clicked

this might be a weird one but what I am trying to do is make a div slide up from the bottom of the screen when someone clicks an image. To paint this clearer, imagine the Windows desktop, and if you click the start menu image/icon, instead of the start menu popping up from the button, the entire start menu bar would slide up exposing the entire div.
What I'm doing now (forgive me as I have just learned JS and jQuery from codecademy) is using the slideUp function. However, this is causing the div to slide down out of sight instead of up, exposing the entire div. The goal is that when you click the button the div slides up, and if you click the button again (or anywhere outside the div) it'll slide back down leaving the top 60px exposed like before.
Here's my JS/jQuery code:
$('#start').click(function() {
$('#nav').slideUp('slow');
});
My HTML
<div id="nav" class="nav">
<img id="start" src="img/btn_start.png">
</div>
My CSS
* {
padding: 0px;
margin: 0px;
}
body {
width: 100%;
font-family: Helvetica;
}
.nav {
width: 100%;
min-width: 100%;
height: 500px;
background: #000;
color: #fff;
position: absolute;
bottom: -440px;
text-align: center;
padding: 5px;
box-sizing: border-box;
overflow: auto;
}
.nav ul li {
display: inline;
}
.nav li {
padding: 20px;
margin-top: 80px;
position: relative;
top: 50%;
transform: translateY(-50%);
}
#start {
float: left;
}
Thanks, and I hope this isn't too ridiculous.

Instead of slideUp you should use
$('#start').click(function() {
$('#nav').animate({bottom: "0px"}, 1200);
});
...which will smoothly animate from the current location until the bottom is at 0px (i.e. aligned with the bottom of the containing element).
For even smoother results, checkout velocity.js (http://julian.com/research/velocity/), which does even smoother animation by synchronising with browser frame updates.
JsFiddle here: http://jsfiddle.net/11r46jnm/
You can also do this with CSS transitions instead. For stuff like this I like to hook my CSS into data attributes on the HTML:
<div id="nav" class="nav" data-nav-state="collapsed">
<img id="start" src="img/btn_start.png">
</div>
...use javascript to change the attributes...
$('#start').click(function() {
//toggle the nav element between two states
var currentState = $('#nav').attr("data-nav-state");
var newState = "collapsed";
if ( currentState === "collapsed" ) {
newState = "expanded";
}
$('#nav').attr("data-nav-state", newState);
});
Finally we use CSS to set the positions of the two states, and to ensure that transition is smooth. CSS transitions have much better performance than jQuery, so I recommend using them if you can:
#nav[data-nav-state=collapsed] {
bottom: -440px;
}
#nav[data-nav-state=expanded] {
bottom: 0px;
}
#nav {
transition: bottom 1.2s ease;
}
See this jsFiddle for a demo: http://jsfiddle.net/Lv2saepy/1/

How to make an interactive sidebar with jQuery and CSS3?

I have asked questions like this and have not really got an answer that really helped me! I know it is probably very easy and i just can't figure it out!
I have been studying jQuery for a few days now and have the basics down but cant create the right function to make this effect happen! Please visit the website below!
There are a few things i would like to know about! The first thing is when you first go to the site everything slides into place (sidebar, footer, etc.) The main concern is the sidebar how when you hover over one of the icons a kind of tool-tip eases appears and eases to the right side.
The next part i would like to know is when you click one of the icons a whole another window pops out. I kind of have an idea of how these both happen but i cant put all the pieces together. Please help me out! I know it cannot be that difficult. Even if you know of any jQuery plugins that can help achieve these results, would be even better!
http://intothearctic.gp/en/
HTML
<div id="sidemenu">
<div id="regionsContainer">
<div id="regionsUnitedStates"></div>
</div>
</div>
CSS
#sidemenu {
width: 60px;
height: 100%;
min-width: 60px;
height: 100vh;
max-width: 60px;
background-color: #383D3F;
background-size: 100% 100%;
background-attachment: fixed;
margin-top: -8px;
margin-bottom: -8px;
margin-left: -8px;
position: absolute;
}
#regionsContainer {
width: 60px;
height: 481px;
min-height: 481px;
min-width: 60px;
max-width: 60px;
max-height: 481px;
background-color: #383D3F;
position: relative;
top: 25%;
bottom: 25%;
}
#regionsUnitedStates {
width: 60px;
height: 60px;
background-image:url(../_images/_header/regionsUnitedStates.png);
}
#regionsUnitedStates:hover {
background-position:bottom;
}

you can do that using position: absolute like mentioned by fizzix before, and for each of your question with this html example
<div id="sidemenu">
<div id="submenu" class="not-open">
Sub
<div id="submenu-inner">
inner
</div>
</div>
<div id="submenu-item1">
item
</div>
</div>
1 The first thing is when you first go to the site everything slides into place (sidebar, footer, etc.)
This can be achieved with jQuery on document ready, and using setTimeout if you want to further delay it, then add a class to the element, like this
CSS :
#sidemenu {
background: #000;
width: 50px;
height: 100%;
position: absolute;
left: -50px;
transition: left ease-in-out 0.5s;
}
#sidemenu.show {
left: 0;
}
jQuery :
$(function() {
setTimeout(function() { $("#sidemenu").addClass("show") }, 500);
});
2 The main concern is the sidebar how when you hover over one of the icons a kind of tool-tip eases appears and eases to the right side.
This can be achieved with only CSS on hover, what you need is put the floating element inside the element you want to hover, in this example submenu-inner inside submenu, then add some CSS
#submenu {
background: #fff;
height: 50px;
margin: 150px 0 0 0;
text-align: center;
position: relative;
}
#submenu.not-open:hover #submenu-inner {
left: 50px;
opacity: 1;
}
#submenu-inner {
opacity: 0;
position: absolute;
transition: all ease-in-out 0.5s;
top: 0;
left: 250px;
height: 50px;
background: #f00;
}
firstly, the inner element is transparent and positioned more to the right using left, then on hover, set the position right beside the container, by setting the left CSS again to the width of the container
3 The next part i would like to know is when you click one of the icons a whole another window pops out
it's the same with number 1, except this one triggered by onClick event
here's the working example on JSFIDDLE

I dont think any plugin is required.
You can use translate to keep the menu hidden.transform:translate(90%)
Please refer this example:JSFIDDLE

The entire site is using absolute positions. This means that they are positioned on the page with pixel co-ordinates. They then using jQuery animate to move the top and left positions.
I have made a brief example of how to do this HERE. You can edit this to your liking.
If you are interested in seeing what the site was built with, you can see a whole list HERE

Upside down tab like tabzilla from the Mozilla.com website

Mozilla.com has this tab on the top of their site that you can click and a menu drops down. I have a client who wants me to do the same thing but upside down, from the bottom half of the page. Apparently this is a really hard request. How do I make something like tabzilla that goes up and either overlaps or pushes the content away? Thanks!
Update: I love you guys.
Edit: http://hemakessites.com/mayukh/4/ Why does the top "Sign In/Register" pop down and the "Toggle" on the bottom pops up? I'm not seeing the difference besides 'top' and 'bottom' in the css. How does that change the direction of the popup?
Also, clicking the '337-9147' will expand the menu. I only want the button region to be clickable. How can I accomplish this?
You guys are awesome and I'm going to return the favor by answering some questions on here when I get time.

I took a similar approach as others, in that you set a div to have a fixed, or absolute position at the bottom of the screen (depending on whether the tab should always be visible, or only at the very bottom). Then, you can write some very simple javascript to vary the height of the element, and as the bottom is fixed, it will cause the tab to rise into the screen.
Essentially all you need is
.container{
position: absolute;
bottom: -1px;
}
And
$('.container').toggle(function(){
$(this).animate({height:'205px'}, 500)
},function(){
$(this).animate({height:'20px'}, 200)
});
Here's a jsfiddle demo.

Here's a jQuery solution, which is smoother than css3:
So, you'll want to do something like this jsfiddle (NOTE: This requires jQuery):
http://jsfiddle.net/cFkn2/
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#tab').click(function() {
if ($('#tab').css('height') == '20px') {
$('#tab').animate({
height: '100px'
}, 1000);
}
else {
$('#tab').animate({
height: '20px'
}, 1000);
};
});
});
and
#tab{
position: absolute;
bottom: 0;
width: 100%;
background-color: red;
height:20px;
}
and
<div id="tab">CONTENT</div>
Style, edit, and add easing to taste.

I was lazy to make here click handler, so it is css3 only hover sample
I used fixed position with {top: 100%}, transition for animation, margin <0 to show;
HTML
<div id="menu">
<div id="handler">handler</div>
<div id="menucontent">
menu menu<br>
menu menu<br>
</div>
</div>
<div id="content">
<div> text text text</div>
<div> text text text</div>
<!-- many of them -->
<div> text text text</div>
<div> text text text</div>
<div> text text text</div>
</div>
CSS:
#content > div {
font-size: 2em;
height: 2.1em;
border: 1px solid black;
margin-top: 10px;
}
#menu {
left: 30px;
position: fixed;
font-size: 20px;
width: 300px;
height: 300px;
top: 100%;
border: 1px solid red;
background: white;
-webkit-transition: all 1s;
-mozilla-transition: all 1s;
-o-transition: all 1s;
transition: all 1s;
}
#menu #handler {
position: absolute;
top: -40px;
background: green;
font-size: 30px;
height: 40px;
padding-left: 5px;
padding-right: 5px;
left: 10px;
}
#menu:hover {
margin-top: -300px;
}
with click, or
JS:
$(function() {
$('#menu #handler').click(function() {
$('#menu').toggleClass('shown');
});
});
in css change hover to class shown
#menu.shown {
margin-top: -300px;
}

div-tooltip - same on stackoverflow

if i mouseover on my nick in stackoverflow on top page that show me new menu with * activity
* privileges
* logout etc. how can i make it? i maked something:
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<style type="text/css">
#ONE {
background-color: #888;
width: 500px;
height: 500px;
}
#TWO {
background-color: blue;
width: 50px;
height: 50px;
}
#THREE {
background-color: yellow;
width: 200px;
height: 200px;
display: none;
}
#four {
background-color: red;
width: 200px;
height: 200px;
}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(
function()
{
$("#TWO").click(
function()
{
$("#THREE").toggle();
});
});
</script>
<div id="ONE">
<div id="TWO">
</div>
<div id="four">
</div>
<div id="THREE">
</div>
</div>
sample image: http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/3885/threej.png
default
click for blue div
how can i it make?

If I understand correctly, you're asking how to make the yellow div appear up beside the blue one, as you have it in the third mockup? If that's the case, then:
You'll want to read up on CSS Positioning. In a nutshell, to make the yellow div sit over everything like that, it needs to take position: absolute; It'll be positioned in relation to it's nearest ancestor that has positioning, so set #ONE to position: relative;
So:
#ONE {
position: relative;
}
#THREE {
position: absolute;
left: 100%;
top: 25%;
}
This will make the top-left of #THREE shift to the far right of and a quarter of the way down #ONE. The absolute positioning also takes it out of the flow of the document, allowing it to overlap other elements.

If you want to position elements on top of each other, use position: relative or absolute. If you want it to stick to a position on your window regardless of if you scroll, use fixed.
After defining the position, you can define top, right, bottom and left to position it where you want. To simulate the 3rd image in your example, you could add:
position:relative;
top: -220px;
left:50px;
to your #THREE elements CSS, like here:
http://jsfiddle.net/niklasvh/Axjgf/