Using the markup below how would I get the "#content" div to scroll up or down when I click or hover over the "#scrollUp" or "#scrollDown" anchor tag. Scrolling should be smooth preferably. If clicked it should scroll a specific amount (for touch devices) if mouseover it can scroll until mouseout.
<style>
#content {
overflow:auto;
height: 50px; /*could be whatever*/
}
</style>
<a id="scrollUp" href="#">up</a>
<a id="scrollDown" href="#">down</a>
<div id="wrapper">
<div id="content">
<ul>
<li>some content here</li>
<li>some content here</li>
<li>some content here</li>
<li>some content here</li>
<li>some content here</li>
<li>some content here</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
You can use jQuery's animate
function to accomplish a smooth-scrolling effect on click
or mouseover
:
var step = 25;
var scrolling = false;
// Wire up events for the 'scrollUp' link:
$("#scrollUp").bind("click", function(event) {
event.preventDefault();
// Animates the scrollTop property by the specified
// step.
$("#content").animate({
scrollTop: "-=" + step + "px"
});
}).bind("mouseover", function(event) {
scrolling = true;
scrollContent("up");
}).bind("mouseout", function(event) {
// Cancel scrolling continuously:
scrolling = false;
});
$("#scrollDown").bind("click", function(event) {
event.preventDefault();
$("#content").animate({
scrollTop: "+=" + step + "px"
});
}).bind("mouseover", function(event) {
scrolling = true;
scrollContent("down");
}).bind("mouseout", function(event) {
scrolling = false;
});
function scrollContent(direction) {
var amount = (direction === "up" ? "-=1px" : "+=1px");
$("#content").animate({
scrollTop: amount
}, 1, function() {
if (scrolling) {
// If we want to keep scrolling, call the scrollContent function again:
scrollContent(direction);
}
});
}
Working example: http://jsfiddle.net/andrewwhitaker/s5mgX/
(You'll have to disable the mouseover
and mouseout
events to see the effects of the click
event handler properly)
How it works:
- Uses the
animate
function mentioned above to scroll smoothly by a specified amount on click.
- Uses a flag to enable continuous scrolling on when the link's
mouseover
event handler is called, and disable scrolling when the link's mouseout
event handler.
- When
scrollContent
is called, if the scrolling
flag is still true
after the animation is completed, animate again in the same direction. The callback function parameter of animate
allows us to take an action after animation has completed.
Try using JavaScript instead of jQuery for this task. Google the function scrollBy()
as in window.scrollBy()