Sticky is a jQuery plugin that gives you the ability to make any element on your page always stay visible.
This is how it works:
- When the target element is about to be hidden, the plugin will add the class
className
to it (and to a wrapper added as its parent), set it toposition: fixed
and calculate its newtop
, based on the element's height, the page height and thetopSpacing
andbottomSpacing
options. - That's it.
In some cases you might need to set a fixed width to your element when it is "sticked".
But by default (
widthFromWrapper == true
) sticky updates elements's width to the wrapper's width. Check theexample-*.html
files for some examples.
- Include jQuery & Sticky.
- Call Sticky.
<script src="jquery.js"></script>
<script src="jquery.sticky.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#sticker").sticky({topSpacing:0});
});
</script>
-
Edit your css to position the elements (check the examples in
example-*.html
). -
To unstick an object
<script>
$("#sticker").unstick();
</script>
topSpacing
: Pixels between the page top and the element's top.bottomSpacing
: Pixels between the page bottom and the element's bottom.className
: CSS class added to the element's wrapper when "sticked".wrapperClassName
: CSS class added to the wrapper.getWidthFrom
: Selector of element referenced to set fixed width of "sticky" element.widthFromWrapper
: boolean determining whether width of the "sticky" element should be updated to match the wrapper's width. Wrapper is a placeholder for "sticky" element while it is fixed (out of static elements flow), and it's width depends on the context and CSS rules.responsiveWidth
: boolean determining whether widths will be recalculated on window resize (using getWidthfrom).
sticky(options)
: Initializer.options
is optional.sticky('update')
: Recalculates the element's position.
sticky-start
: When the element becomes sticky.sticky-end
: When the element returns to its original locationsticky-update
: When the element is sticked but position must be updated for constraints reasonssticky-bottom-reached
: When the element reached the bottom space limitsticky-bottom-unreached
: When the element unreached the bottom space limit
To subscribe to events use jquery:
<script>
$('#sticker').on('sticky-start', function() { console.log("Started"); });
$('#sticker').on('sticky-end', function() { console.log("Ended"); });
$('#sticker').on('sticky-update', function() { console.log("Update"); });
$('#sticker').on('sticky-bottom-reached', function() { console.log("Bottom reached"); });
$('#sticker').on('sticky-botton-unreached', function() { console.log("Bottom unreached"); });
</script>