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Created February 8, 2013 09:21
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Use Space, Page Down or Down arrow to scroll to next div Use Page Up or Up arrow to scroll to a prev div
/*
*
* Page Up and Down handlers
* Depends on jQuery and jQuery.ScrollTop
*
*/
function preventDefault (event) {
event = event || window.event;
if (event.preventDefault) {
event.preventDefault;
}
event.returnValue = false;
}
document.body.onkeydown = function(event){
//get the character code
var keycode = event.charCode || event.keyCode;
//get current scroll position
var pos = $(window).scrollTop();
//scroll between boxes
var element = $('.box');
console.log("keycode: " + keycode);
if (keycode === 32 || keycode === 34 || keycode === 40) {
//prevent regular scroll event
preventDefault(event);
for ( i = 0; i != element.length; i++) {
if ( $(element[i]).position().top > pos ) {
$.scrollTo( $(element[i]), 100 );
return;
}
}
}
if (keycode === 33 || keycode === 38) {
preventDefault(event);
var pos = $(window).scrollTop();
for ( i = element.length - 1; i != 0; i--) {
//test
console.log("i: "+ i);
console.log("el pos: "+ $(element[i]).position().top);
console.log("pos: " + pos);
if ( pos > $(element[i]).position().top ) {
$.scrollTo( $(element[i]), 100 );
return;
}
}
}
}
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