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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Basic Selectors ID Selectors

melissa brown
melissa brown
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Posted by melissa brown
melissa brown
4,670 Points

what if you wanted it to scroll slowing to the top of the page?

for example some websites have that example when you click on the first page and it slow scrolls down to the start of the second page. how would we do this?

3 Answers

Elwin de Witte
Elwin de Witte
1,357 Points
Elwin de Witte
Elwin de Witte
1,357 Points

I mostly use a short script, if you have this in your head and you navigate to an ID attribute with an href="" it will slowly scroll there.

Example:

<html> <head> <title>Sample</title>

<!-- Smooth Scroll -->
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(function() {
  $('a[href*=#]:not([href=#])').click(function() {
    if (location.pathname.replace(/^\//,'') == this.pathname.replace(/^\//,'') && location.hostname == this.hostname) {
      var target = $(this.hash);
      target = target.length ? target : $('[name=' + this.hash.slice(1) +']');
      if (target.length) {
        $('html,body').animate({
          scrollTop: target.offset().top
        }, 1000);
        return false;
      }
    }
  });
});
</script>

</head>

<body>

<header id="top">
  <a href="#section1">Next section</a>
</header>

<section id="section1">
  <a href="#section2">Next section</a>
</section>

<section id="section2">
  <a href="#footer">Next section</a>
</section>

<footer id="footer">
  <a href="#top">Back to top</a>
</footer>

</body>

</html>

The "1000" in the script is the speed in ms, you can change this. Sample website where this is used: http://insider.harwindesigners.nl/dekruidendokter (when you click the arrow you scroll down)

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Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
5,512 Points
Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
5,512 Points

Awesome solution, Elwin. For some more neat scrolling effects, check out http://cferdinandi.github.io/smooth-scroll/

melissa brown
melissa brown
4,670 Points
melissa brown
melissa brown
4,670 Points

awesome thanks it totally worked