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jQuery plugin to have divs stick to the top of the screen (or at some distance from the top), once scrolled by.
(function($)
{
$.fn.stickytitle = function(options)
{
var opts = $.extend($.fn.stickytitle.defaults, options);
var elements = this, starting_offsets = new Array();
elements.each(function(index){
//before anything happens, the original top offsets of each element are saved
starting_offsets[index] = $(this).offset().top;
});
var scrolledBy = function(element, index)
{
return $(window).scrollTop() + opts['gap'] >= starting_offsets[index];
}
$(window).on('scroll', function(e){
elements.each(function(index){
var is_sticky = scrolledBy(this, index);
$(this).toggleClass('sticky-title', is_sticky);
//position fixed is given to elements that are scrolled by
//filler divs are created to fill the gap
if (is_sticky){
if ($(this).next('.filler_div').length == 0){
var $filler_div = $(document.createElement('div'));
var filler_div_css = {
'height' : $(this).css('height'),
'paddingTop' : $(this).css('paddingTop'),
'paddingBottom' : $(this).css('paddingBottom'),
'marginTop' : ( parseInt($(this).css('marginTop')) + parseInt($(this).css('borderTopWidth')) ) + 'px',
'marginBottom' : ( parseInt($(this).css('marginBottom')) + parseInt($(this).css('borderBottomWidth')) ) + 'px'
}
$filler_div.addClass('filler_div').css(filler_div_css);
$(this).after($filler_div);
}
$(this).css({'position': 'fixed', 'top': opts['gap']+'px'});
}else{
$(this).next('.filler_div').remove();
//remove inline styles
if (this.style.removeProperty){
this.style.removeProperty('position');
this.style.removeProperty('top');
}else{
this.style.removeAttribute('position');
this.style.removeAttribute('top');
}
}
});
});
return this;
}
$.fn.stickytitle.defaults = {
gap: 0
};
})(jQuery);
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