I want elements to fade out as they scroll off the top of the page, and then fade back in as they scroll back onto the page. I wrote some code that works, but I am looking for a more elegant solution. Here is the solution I have working on jsfiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/wmmead/JdbhV/3/
I would like to find a much shorter, more elegant piece of code, but just can't quite work it out. Maybe something with an array and the each() method? If I put a class on the divs instead of an ID, it gets a lot shorter, but then they all fade out at once. I want each box to fade out as it scrolls off the page.
HTML
<div id="box1"></div>
<div id="box2"></div>
<div id="box3"></div>
<div id="box4"></div>
<div id="box5"></div>
<div id="box6"></div>
CSS
#box1, #box2, #box3, #box4, #box5, #box6 {
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
background: orange;
margin:100px auto;
}
#box6 {
margin-bottom:600px;
}
jQuery
var box1Top = $('#box1').offset().top;
var box2Top = $('#box2').offset().top;
var box3Top = $('#box3').offset().top;
var box4Top = $('#box4').offset().top;
var box5Top = $('#box5').offset().top;
var box6Top = $('#box6').offset().top;
$(window).scroll(function () {
if ((box1Top - $(window).scrollTop()) < 20) {
$('#box1').stop().fadeTo(100, 0);
} else {
$('#box1').stop().fadeTo('fast', 1);
}
if ((box2Top - $(window).scrollTop()) < 20) {
$('#box2').stop().fadeTo(100, 0);
} else {
$('#box2').stop().fadeTo('fast', 1);
}
if ((box3Top - $(window).scrollTop()) < 20) {
$('#box3').stop().fadeTo(100, 0);
} else {
$('#box3').stop().fadeTo('fast', 1);
}
if ((box4Top - $(window).scrollTop()) < 20) {
$('#box4').stop().fadeTo(100, 0);
} else {
$('#box4').stop().fadeTo('fast', 1);
}
if ((box5Top - $(window).scrollTop()) < 20) {
$('#box5').stop().fadeTo(100, 0);
} else {
$('#box5').stop().fadeTo('fast', 1);
}
if ((box6Top - $(window).scrollTop()) < 20) {
$('#box6').stop().fadeTo(100, 0);
} else {
$('#box6').stop().fadeTo('fast', 1);
}
});