Description: For long pages with lots of content, keeping the user oriented and knowing where within the page he/she is at all times can be challenging. DD ScrollSpy Menu solves this problem, by letting you create a menu whose menu items are automatically highlighted based on the portion of the page the user is currently viewing. As the user scrolls the page, the menu item that points to that section is highlighted (via the injection of a desired CSS class to style it). The script also works on scrollable DIVs within the page to spy on their scroll positions instead. DD ScrollSpy "spies" on the visitor's position on the page, but for their benefit (and in turn yours)!
Step 1: This script uses the following external files:
- jQuery 1.7 or above (served via Google CDN)
- ddscrollspy.js
- ddscrollspydemo.css
Step 2: Add the below code to the HEAD section of your page:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="ddscrollspydemo.css" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="ddscrollspy.js">
/*
* DD ScrollSpy Menu Script (c) Dynamic Drive (www.dynamicdrive.com)
* Last updated: Dec 29th, 12'
* Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for this script and 100s more.
*/
</script>
<script>
jQuery(function($){ // on document load
$('#horizontalmenu').ddscrollSpy({ // initialize first demo
scrolltopoffset: -50
})
$('#verticalspymenu').ddscrollSpy({ // initialize 2nd demo
spytarget: document.getElementById('contentcontainer'),
scrollduration: 300 // <-- no comma after last option!
})
})
function dynamicadditem(){ // function that dynamically adds a new menu item to first demo, spying on #para6
$('#verticalspymenu').append('<li><a href="#para5">Paragraph 5</a></li>')
$('#verticalspymenu').trigger('updatespy')
}
</script>
Step 3: Then, add the below sample markup to your page:
<!-- Scroll Spy Menu 1 -->
<ul id="horizontalmenu" class="underlinemenu">
<li><a href="#section1">Section 1</a></li>
<li><a href="#section2">Section 2</a></li>
<li><a href="#section3">Section 3</a></li>
<li><a href="#section4">Section 4</a></li>
<li><a href="#section5">Section 5</a></li>
</ul>
<!-- Scroll Spy Menu 2 -->
<div style="float:left; margin-right:15px; width:150px; margin-top: 120px">
<ul id="verticalspymenu" class="shadowblockmenu-v">
<li><a href="#para1">Paragraph 1</a></li>
<li><a href="#para2">Paragraph 2</a></li>
<li><a href="#para3">Paragraph 3</a></li>
<li><a href="#para4">Paragraph 4</a></li>
</ul>
<br />
<a href="javascript:dynamicadditem()" style="font-weight:bold">Click to dynamically add another menu item</a>
</div>
<!-- Contents that Scroll Spy Menu 2 is spying on -->
<div id="contentcontainer" style="width:500px; height:200px; overflow-y:scroll; border:1px solid gray; font:bold 18px Arial; float:left; background:yellow; position:relative; margin-top: 120px">
<p id="para1" style="height:400px; background:#d5e9b2">Paragraph 1</p>
<p id="para2" style="height:600px; background:#f7de90">Paragraph 2</p>
<p id="para3" style="height:700px; background:#9af5ed">Paragraph 3</p>
<p id="para4" style="height:500px; background:#fbd0e3">Paragraph 4</p>
<p id="para5" style="height:300px; background:#cbffe1">Paragraph 5</p>
</div>
<br style="clear:left" />
<!-- Contents that Scroll Spy Menu 1 is spying on -->
<div id="section1" style="height:300px;">
<h2>This is section 1</h2>
</div>
<div id="section2" style="height:400px;">
<h2>This is section 2</h2>
</div>
<div id="section3" style="height:700px;">
<h2>This is section 3</h2>
</div>
<div id="section4" style="height:600px;">
<h2>This is section 4</h2>
</div>
<div id="section5" style="height:1000px;">
<h2>This is section 5</h2>
</div>
See script project page for additional details on setup and documentation: http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex1/ddscrollspymenu.htm