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highlight nav menu on scroll with javascript

Cruel Chipmunk answered on December 23, 2021 Popularity 7/10 Helpfulness 2/10

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// cache the navigation links 
var $navigationLinks = $('#navigation > ul > li > a');
// cache (in reversed order) the sections
var $sections = $($(".section").get().reverse());

// map each section id to their corresponding navigation link
var sectionIdTonavigationLink = {};
$sections.each(function() {
    var id = $(this).attr('id');
    sectionIdTonavigationLink[id] = $('#navigation > ul > li > a[href=\\#' + id + ']');
});

// throttle function, enforces a minimum time interval
function throttle(fn, interval) {
    var lastCall, timeoutId;
    return function () {
        var now = new Date().getTime();
        if (lastCall && now < (lastCall + interval) ) {
            // if we are inside the interval we wait
            clearTimeout(timeoutId);
            timeoutId = setTimeout(function () {
                lastCall = now;
                fn.call();
            }, interval - (now - lastCall) );
        } else {
            // otherwise, we directly call the function 
            lastCall = now;
            fn.call();
        }
    };
}

function highlightNavigation() {
    // get the current vertical position of the scroll bar
    var scrollPosition = $(window).scrollTop();

    // iterate the sections
    $sections.each(function() {
        var currentSection = $(this);
        // get the position of the section
        var sectionTop = currentSection.offset().top;

        // if the user has scrolled over the top of the section  
        if (scrollPosition >= sectionTop) {
            // get the section id
            var id = currentSection.attr('id');
            // get the corresponding navigation link
            var $navigationLink = sectionIdTonavigationLink[id];
            // if the link is not active
            if (!$navigationLink.hasClass('active')) {
                // remove .active class from all the links
                $navigationLinks.removeClass('active');
                // add .active class to the current link
                $navigationLink.addClass('active');
            }
            // we have found our section, so we return false to exit the each loop
            return false;
        }
    });
}

$(window).scroll( throttle(highlightNavigation,100) );

// if you don't want to throttle the function use this instead:
// $(window).scroll( highlightNavigation );

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Tags: highlight javascript menu nav scroll

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// cache the navigation links 
var $navigationLinks = document.querySelectorAll('nav > ul > li > a');
// cache (in reversed order) the sections
var $sections = document.getElementsByTagName('section');

// map each section id to their corresponding navigation link
var sectionIdTonavigationLink = {};
for (var i = $sections.length-1; i >= 0; i--) {
	var id = $sections[i].id;
	sectionIdTonavigationLink[id] = document.querySelectorAll('nav > ul > li > a[href=\\#' + id + ']') || null;
}

// throttle function, enforces a minimum time interval
function throttle(fn, interval) {
	var lastCall, timeoutId;
	return function () {
		var now = new Date().getTime();
		if (lastCall && now < (lastCall + interval) ) {
			// if we are inside the interval we wait
			clearTimeout(timeoutId);
			timeoutId = setTimeout(function () {
				lastCall = now;
				fn.call();
			}, interval - (now - lastCall) );
		} else {
			// otherwise, we directly call the function 
			lastCall = now;
			fn.call();
		}
	};
}

function getOffset( el ) {
	var _x = 0;
	var _y = 0;
	while( el && !isNaN( el.offsetLeft ) && !isNaN( el.offsetTop ) ) {
		_x += el.offsetLeft - el.scrollLeft;
		_y += el.offsetTop - el.scrollTop;
		el = el.offsetParent;
	}
	return { top: _y, left: _x };
}

function highlightNavigation() {
	// get the current vertical position of the scroll bar
	var scrollPosition = window.pageYOffset || document.documentElement.scrollTop;

	// iterate the sections
	for (var i = $sections.length-1; i >= 0; i--) {
		var currentSection = $sections[i];
		// get the position of the section
		var sectionTop = getOffset(currentSection).top;

	   // if the user has scrolled over the top of the section  
		if (scrollPosition >= sectionTop - 250) {
			// get the section id
			var id = currentSection.id;
			// get the corresponding navigation link
			var $navigationLink = sectionIdTonavigationLink[id];
			// if the link is not active
			if (typeof $navigationLink[0] !== 'undefined') {
				if (!$navigationLink[0].classList.contains('active')) {
					// remove .active class from all the links
					for (i = 0; i < $navigationLinks.length; i++) {
						$navigationLinks[i].className = $navigationLinks[i].className.replace(/ active/, '');
					}
					// add .active class to the current link
					$navigationLink[0].className += (' active');
				}
			} else {
					// remove .active class from all the links
					for (i = 0; i < $navigationLinks.length; i++) {
						$navigationLinks[i].className = $navigationLinks[i].className.replace(/ active/, '');
					}
			}	
			// we have found our section, so we return false to exit the each loop
			return false;
		}
	}
}

window.addEventListener('scroll',throttle(highlightNavigation,150));
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