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Show reading progress on scroll
(function() {
var willHide = false;
var msgBox = document.createElement('div');
msgBox.style.position = 'fixed';
msgBox.style.top = '10px';
msgBox.style.right = '10px';
msgBox.style.display = 'none';
document.body.appendChild(msgBox);
window.addEventListener('scroll', function() {
var percentLeft = (window.scrollY / (document.body.scrollHeight - window.innerHeight) * 100).toPrecision(3) + '%';
if (msgBox.style.display === 'none') {
msgBox.style.display = 'block';
}
msgBox.innerText = percentLeft;
if (!willHide) {
willHide = true;
setTimeout(function() {
msgBox.style.display = 'none';
willHide = false;
}, 1000);
}
});
})();
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drzhbe commented Jan 31, 2015

how it looks

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