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JavaScript

Posted by Devin Watson
Devin Watson
5,304 Points

Adding Class as the Element gets Activated

Hey there, I've just started using Animate.css. I'm trying to animate my paragraphs as I scroll. I thought I could do that by adding the animate class to the related paragraph as ScrollSpy is doing its thing and activating the current "li"s. But as you might have guessed, it doesnt work. I know that there would be some alternative way of doing it but I was wondering if I can achieve this with my way. So here's the related html and js/jquery (shortened):

            <ul class="nav navbar-nav">
                <li class="hidden">
                    <a href="#home"></a>
                </li>
                <li role="presentation">
                    <a href="#villa">OUR VILLA</a>
                </li>
                <li role="presentation">
                    <a href="#photos">PHOTOS</a> 
                </li>
                 <li role="presentation">
                    <a href="#reviews">REVIEWS</a>
                </li>
                <li role="presentation">
                    <a href="#contact">CONTACT US</a>
                </li>
                <li role="presentation">
                    <a href="#location">OUR LOCATION</a>
                </li>
            </ul>
        <section id="villa">
                <div>
                    <h2>Our Villa</h2>
                    <h4>Place you could call home</h4>
                    <p>A stylish townhouse, freshly redecorated. We can comfortably accomodate up to 6 guests with our 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. We are located in the "golden mile" of exclusive Sandy Bay, only 5 minutes from the CBD and Salamanca. We provide bikes at no charge on site.</p>
                </div>
        </section><!-- END SECTION -->

  var secId= $("section").attr("id"); // "villa"
  var secHashId = "#" + secId; // "#villa"

  function animateActive () {
      if ( secHashId == $("li.active a").attr("href") ) {
          $(secHashId).find("p").addClass("animate fadeInUp");
         }
  }
  $(document).ready(animateActive);

Thanks in advance,