To implement a scroll listener using jQuery for the document, the following code snippet can be used:
$(document).scroll(function() {
});
Within this function, you can compare the scrollHeight of the document with the y-position of a specific element, like so:
if($(document).scrollTop() < $('.sidebar').offset().top) {
// Adjust the css attributes to fix the element's position and set top to 0
$('.sidebar').css('position', 'fixed').css('top', 0);
} else {
// Reset the element's position to relative (default)
$('.sidebar').css('position', 'relative');
}
Although this approach is close to working, it always sets the y-position to 0 due to continuously checking the position of the fixed element. You can solve this by storing the default y-position. Here's the revised code with this enhancement:
var initial_y = $('.sidebar').offset().top;
$(document).scroll(function() {
$e = $('.sidebar');
if(initial_y - $(document).scrollTop() <= 0) {
$e.css('position', 'fixed').css('top', 0);
} else {
$e.css('position', 'relative');
}
});