One common approach is to track the scrollbar position using JavaScript, with the help of the jQuery library in this demonstration.
Here's a snippet of code for illustrative purposes:
$(window).scroll(function (event) {
var numOfButtons = 4;
var scroll = $(window).scrollTop();
var heightContainer = $(".container").height();
if(scroll > heightContainer / numOfButtons){
$(".header .button:nth-child(2)").addClass('act');
}else{
$(".header .button:nth-child(2)").removeClass('act');
}
if(scroll > (heightContainer / numOfButtons) * 2){
$(".header .button:nth-child(3)").addClass('act');
}else{
$(".header .button:nth-child(3)").removeClass('act');
}
if(scroll > (heightContainer / numOfButtons) * 3){
$(".header .button:nth-child(4)").addClass('act');
}else{
$(".header .button:nth-child(4)").removeClass('act');
}
});
.header{
height:50px;
background-color:blue;
color:white;
position:fixed;
top:0;
left:0;
width:100%;
}
.button{
display:inline-block;
width:10px;
height:10px;
background-color:white;
border-radius:20px;
}
.button.act{
background-color:red;
}
h1{
margin-top:60px;
}
.container{
height:4000px;
background:url("http://www.planwallpaper.com/static/images/518164-backgrounds.jpg");
}
<html>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<body>
<h1>Scroll demo</h1>
<div class="header">
<div class="button act"></div>
<div class="button"></div>
<div class="button"></div>
<div class="button"></div>
</div>
<div class="container"><div id="mydiv"></div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
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