adtile/fixed-nav
Fixed Nav
Fixed-nav is a client-side JavaScript library for building responsive, touch-friendly navigation menus on single-page websites. It pins navigation bars to the screen viewport so control interfaces remain persistently accessible as users scroll through long content.
The library automatically monitors scroll positions against document boundaries to highlight active section indicators in real time. When navigation links are selected, it animates viewport transitions to target sections using hardware-accelerated timing functions instead of abrupt jumps.
Additional capabilities include dimming background content with an overlay when menus open, and updating browser address bars dynamically with anchor hashes to preserve deep links and enable direct page sharing. Document-wide event delegation handles touch and pointer inputs to automatically dismiss menus when users tap outside active boundaries.
Features
- Single-Page Scroll Navigators - Builds sticky menu systems for single-page websites that smoothly scroll users to different sections on click.
- Off-Screen Viewport Positioning - Pins navigation bars to the screen viewport so control interfaces remain persistently accessible while scrolling.
- Touch Tap Delay Fixes - Eliminates tap delays and closes navigation menus automatically when users tap outside boundaries.
- Layout Positioning Utilities - Maintains sticky navigation positioning to keep control interfaces accessible throughout user scrolling.
- Scroll Navigation - Fixes navigation menus in place so users can access controls at any point during page scrolling.
- Scroll-Activated Navigation Highlights - Tracks user scroll positions to automatically highlight the corresponding menu item for visible sections.
- Scroll-Responsive Navigation Bars - Pins the navigation bar to the viewport so controls remain persistently accessible while scrolling through long content.
- Touch Event Listeners - Monitors global touch and pointer events to immediately dismiss open navigation menus when tapping outside.
- Viewport Intersection Events - Tracks scroll intersection states against document bounds to update active navigation indicators automatically.
- Viewport Visibility State Tracking - Monitors current scroll positions against document boundaries to synchronise active section indicators in real time.
- Section Navigation Libraries - Ships a lightweight client-side JavaScript library for building single-page navigation menus with active section highlighting.
- Navigation Component Libraries - Provides a responsive web navigation library for building touch-friendly one-page menus with smooth scrolling.
- Deep Link Navigators - Modifies the browser address bar on link selection to support copying and sharing section deep links.
- Mobile Web Navigation Menus - Provides touch-responsive navigation menus optimized for mobile web browsers with automatic dismissal.
- Menu Dismissal Logic - Closes active navigation menus automatically when users tap outside their active boundaries.
- Smooth Scrolling - Animates viewport transitions to target sections using hardware-accelerated timing functions for smooth scrolling.
- Hash Routing Updaters - Updates browser address bars dynamically with anchor hashes to preserve deep links and enable direct page sharing.
- Hash-Based Routing - Synchronises browser address bars with anchor hashes to enable direct page sharing and deep linking.
- Client-Side Navigation Components - Implements client-side UI components that pin navigation bars and manage URL updates on section selection.
- URL Hash Tracking - Updates the browser address bar dynamically using anchor hashes to preserve deep links during navigation.
