jQuery scroll() detect when user stops scrolling

Question

Ok with this..

$(window).scroll(function()
{
    $('.slides_layover').removeClass('showing_layover');
    $('#slides_effect').show();
});

I can tell when someone is scrolling from what i understand. So with that I am trying to figure out how to catch when someone has stopped. From the above example you can see I am removing a class from a set of elements while the scrolling is occurring. However, I want to put that class back on when the user stops scrolling.

The reason for this is I am intent on having a layover show while the page is scrolling to give the page a special effect I am attempting to work on. But the one class I am trying to remove while scrolling conflicts with that effect as its a transparency effect to some nature.

Answer 1

You could set an interval that runs every 500 ms or so, along the lines of the following:

var curOffset, oldOffset;
oldOffset = $(window).scrollTop();
var $el = $('.slides_layover'); // cache jquery ref
setInterval(function() {
  curOffset = $(window).scrollTop();
  if(curOffset != oldOffset) {
    // they're scrolling, remove your class here if it exists
    if($el.hasClass('showing_layover')) $el.removeClass('showing_layover');
  } else {
    // they've stopped, add the class if it doesn't exist
    if(!$el.hasClass('showing_layover')) $el.addClass('showing_layover');
  }
  oldOffset = curOffset;
}, 500);

I haven't tested this code, but the principle should work.

Answer 2

Ok this is something that I've used before. Basically you look a hold a ref to the last scrollTop(). Once your timeout clears, you check the current scrollTop() and if they are the same, you are done scrolling.

$(window).scroll((e) ->
  clearTimeout(scrollTimer)
  $('header').addClass('hidden')

  scrollTimer = setTimeout((() ->
    if $(this).scrollTop() is currentScrollTop
      $('header').removeClass('hidden') 
  ), animationDuration)

  currentScrollTop = $(this).scrollTop()
)

Answer 3

I agreed with some of the comments above that listening for a timeout wasn't accurate enough as that will trigger when you stop moving the scroll bar for long enough instead of when you stop scrolling. I think a better solution is to listen for the user letting go of the mouse (mouseup) as soon as they start scrolling:

$(window).scroll(function(){
    $('#scrollMsg').html('SCROLLING!');
    var stopListener = $(window).mouseup(function(){ // listen to mouse up
        $('#scrollMsg').html('STOPPED SCROLLING!');
        stopListner(); // Stop listening to mouse up after heard for the first time 
    });
});

and an example of it working can be seen in this JSFiddle

Answer 4

This should work:

var Timer;
$('.Scroll_Table_Div').on("scroll",function() 
{
    // do somethings

    clearTimeout(Timer);
    Timer = setTimeout(function()
    {
        console.log('scrolling is stop');
    },50);
});

Answer 5

function scrolled() {
    //do by scroll start
    $(this).off('scroll')[0].setTimeout(function(){
        //do by scroll end
        $(this).on('scroll',scrolled);
    }, 500)
}
$(window).on('scroll',scrolled);

very small Version with start and end ability

Answer 6

For those Who Still Need This Here Is The Solution

  $(function(){
      var t;
      document.addEventListener('scroll',function(e){
          clearTimeout(t);
          checkScroll();
      });
      
      function checkScroll(){
          t = setTimeout(function(){
             alert('Done Scrolling');
          },500); /* You can increase or reduse timer */
      }
  });