Get scroll position using jquery
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Strange request, but I need to get the current browser scroll position as a variable. What js or jquery function should I use? I need it to figure out what elements to display on the side. I've found a few things online but nothing that works for my div, just the full page.
Javascript Solutions
Solution 1 - Javascript
cross browser variant
$(document).scrollTop();
Solution 2 - Javascript
Older IE and Firefox browsers attach the scrollbar to the documentElement, or what would be the <html> tag in HTML.
All other browsers attach the scrollbar to document.body, or what would be the <body> tag in HTML.
The correct solution would be to check which one to use, depending on browser
var doc = document.documentElement.clientHeight ? document.documentElement : document.body;
var s = $(doc).scrollTop();
jQuery does make this a little easier, when passing in either window or document jQuery's scrollTop does a similar check and figures it out, so either of these should work cross-browser
var s = $(document).scrollTop();
or
var s = $(window).scrollTop();
> Description: Get the current vertical position of the scroll bar for > the first element in the set of matched elements or set the vertical > position of the scroll bar for every matched element.
> ...nothing that works for my div, just the full page
If it's for a DIV, you'd have to target the element that has the scrollbar attached, to get the scrolled amount
$('div').scrollTop();
If you need to get the elements distance from the top of the document, you can also do
$('div').offset().top
Solution 3 - Javascript
I believe the best method with jQuery is using .scrollTop():
var pos = $('body').scrollTop();
Solution 4 - Javascript
Use scrollTop() to get or set the scroll position.