CSS: fixed position on x-axis but not y?

Question

Is there a way to fix a position on the x-axis only? So when a user scrolls up, the div tag will scroll up with it, but not side to side?

Answer 1

Very easy solution is:

window.onscroll = function (){
  document.getElementById('header').style.left= 15 - (document.documentElement.scrollLeft + document.body.scrollLeft)+"px";
}

Answer 2

This is an old thread but CSS3 has a solution.

position: sticky;

Have a look at this blog post.

Demonstration:

And this documentation.

Answer 3

No, it's not possible with pure CSS. That kind of positioning fixes the element in the viewport. I'd suggest simply fixing the element to one of the sides of the viewport (i.e. top, bottom, left or right) so that it doesn't interfere with other content.

Answer 4

Updated the script to check the start position:

function float_horizontal_scroll(id) {
var el = jQuery(id);
var isLeft = el.css('left') !== 'auto';
var start =((isLeft ? el.css('left') : el.css('right')).replace("px", ""));
jQuery(window).scroll(function () {
    var leftScroll = jQuery(this).scrollLeft();
    if (isLeft)
        el.css({ 'left': (start + leftScroll) + 'px' });
    else
        el.css({ 'right': (start - leftScroll) + 'px' });
});

}

Answer 5

If your block is originally positioned as static, you may want to try this

$(window).on('scroll', function () {

  var $w = $(window);
  $('.position-fixed-x').css('left', $w.scrollLeft());
  $('.position-fixed-y').css('top', $w.scrollTop());

});

.container {
  width: 1000px;
}

.position-fixed-x {
  position: relative; 
}

.position-fixed-y {
  position: relative;
}

.blue-box {
  background:blue;
  width: 50px;
  height: 50px;
}

.red-box {
  background: red;
  width: 50px;
  height: 50px;
}

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="container">

<div class="position-fixed-y red-box">
  
</div>

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<div class="position-fixed-x blue-box">
  
</div>

DNA strands are composed of millions of sub-units, called nucleotides. Each nucleotide contains a 5-carbon sugar, a phosphate group and a nitrogen base. There are four different variations of the nitrogen base group, responsible for all of the variation between two different DNA strands. The four different variations are called adenine, guanine, cytosine and thymine, but they are typically abbreviated and only referred to by their first letter. The sequence of these different nitrogen bases makes up the code of the DNA.

The DNA strand splits in two, and forms two different DNA strands during cell replication. However, sometimes this process is not perfect, and mistakes occur. These mistakes may change the way an organism is constructed or functions. When this happens, it is called a mutation. These mutations can be helpful or harmful, and they are usually passed on to the organism’s offspring.
  
 The traits of a living thing depend on the complex mixture of interacting components inside it. Proteins do much of the chemical work inside cells, so they largely determine what those traits are. But those proteins owe their existence to the DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), so that is where we must look for the answer.
The easiest way to understand how DNA is organized is to start with its basic building blocks. DNA consists of four different sugars that interact with each other in specific ways. These four sugars are called nucleotide bases and have the names adenine (A), thymine (T), cytosine (C) and guanine (G). Think of these four bases as letters in an alphabet, the alphabet of life!
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Answer 6

This is a very old thread, but I have found a pure CSS solution to this using some creative nesting. I wasn't a fan of the jQuery method at all...

Fiddle here: https://jsfiddle.net/4jeuv5jq/

<div id="wrapper">
    <div id="fixeditem">
        Haha, I am a header. Nah.. Nah na na na
    </div>
    <div id="contentwrapper">
        <div id="content">
            Lorem ipsum.....
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

#wrapper {
position: relative;
width: 100%;
overflow: scroll;
}

#fixeditem {
position: absolute;
}

#contentwrapper {
width: 100%;
overflow: scroll;
}

#content {
width: 1000px;
height: 2000px;
}