i have 3 divs with scrollbars.
If i scroll in div 1 i want to scroll div 2 and 3 in the opposite direction.
The distance scrolled should be half the distance of div 1.
This is what i have now (small part, rest is in jsfiddle), which works for 1 div.
$("#textBox1").scroll(function () {
console.log("scroll 1");
var offset = $("#textBox1").scrollTop() - scrollPosTBox1;
var half_offset = offset/2.0;
disable1 = true;
if(disable2 == false) {
$("#textBox2").scrollTop(scrollPosTBox2 - half_offset);
}
if(disable3 == false) {
$("#textBox3").scrollTop(scrollPosTBox3 - half_offset);
}
disable1 = false;
});
However, if i try to get the same for the other 2 divs then i can't scroll anything anymore.
This is because div 1 triggers div 2 and div 2 triggers back to div 1 for example.
I tried to fix this with the disable code but it doesn't help.
Can someone help me?
http://jsfiddle.net/XmYh5/1/
No disrespect to @EmreErkan and @Simon for their effort. Here's a no-click version of this.
var $boxes = $("#textBox1,#textBox2,#textBox3"),
active;
$boxes.scrollTop(150);
// set initial scrollTop values
updateScrollPos();
// bind mouseenter:
// 1) find which panel is active
// 2) update scrollTop values
$boxes.mouseenter(function () {
active = this.id;
updateScrollPos();
});
// bind scroll for all boxes
$boxes.scroll(function (e) {
$this = $(this);
// check to see if we are dealing with the active box
// if true then set scrolltop of other boxes relative to the active box
if(this.id == active){
var $others = $boxes.not($this),
offset = $this.scrollTop()-$this.data("scroll"),
half_offset = offset / 2;
$others.each(function(){
$this = $(this);
$this.scrollTop($this.data("scroll") - half_offset);
});
}
});
// utility function:
// assign scrollTop values element's data attributes (data-scroll)
function updateScrollPos() {
$boxes.each(function(){
$this = $(this);
$this.data("scroll",$this.scrollTop());
});
}
Fiddle
You can use a variable to determine active textbox with .mousedown()
and do the trick if it's active;
var activeScroll = '';
$("#textBox1").on('mousedown focus mouseenter', function () {
activeScroll = 'scroll1';
}).scroll(function () {
if (activeScroll == 'scroll1') {
console.log("scroll 1");
var offset = $("#textBox1").scrollTop() - scrollPosTBox1;
var half_offset = offset / 2.0;
$("#textBox2").scrollTop(scrollPosTBox2 - half_offset);
$("#textBox3").scrollTop(scrollPosTBox3 - half_offset);
}
});
You can check your updated jsFiddle here.
Finally got a dynamic solution for this, was more complex than I thought but I think I got it:
http://jsfiddle.net/XmYh5/14/
var initialTop = 150,
factor = 2;
$(".textBox")
.addClass('disabled')
.scrollTop(initialTop)
.on('scroll', function () {
var $this = $(this);
if(!$this.is('.disabled')) {
this.lastOffset = this.lastOffset || initialTop;
var offset = $this.scrollTop(),
step = (offset - this.lastOffset) / factor;
$this.siblings().each( function() {
var $this = $(this),
offset = $this.scrollTop() - step;
$this.scrollTop(offset);
this.lastOffset = offset;
});
this.lastOffset = offset;
}
})
.on('mouseenter', function() {
$(this).removeClass('disabled').siblings().addClass('disabled');
});