Arctic Scroll, A Read Me

A simple but more useful internal link scroller with options. Code by @pauladamdavis

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Code

(function ($) {
    $.fn.arctic_scroll = function (options) {

        var defaults = {
            elem: $(this),
            speed: 500,
            scroll_selector: 'html,body'
        };
        
        var options = $.extend(defaults, options),
            to_scroll = options.scroll_selector,
            ua = $.browser;
        
        if ( ua.msie && ua.version.slice(0,1) == "8" ) {
            to_scroll = window;
        } else if ( ua.msie && ua.version.slice(0,1) == "7" ) {
            to_scroll = window;
        }

        options.elem.click(function(event){     
            event.preventDefault();
            var offset = ($(this).attr('data-offset')) ? $(this).attr('data-offset') : false,
                position = ($(this).attr('data-position')) ? $(this).attr('data-position') : false;         
            if (offset) {
                var toMove = parseInt(offset);
                $(options.scroll_selector).stop(true, false).animate({scrollTop: ($(this.hash).offset().top + toMove) }, options.speed);
            } else if (position) {
                var toMove = parseInt(position);
                $(options.scroll_selector).stop(true, false).animate({scrollTop: toMove }, options.speed);
            } else {
                $(options.scroll_selector).stop(true, false).animate({scrollTop: ($(this.hash).offset().top) }, options.speed);
            }
        });

    };
})(jQuery);

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Initialization

$(function(){
    $(".arctic_scroll").arctic_scroll({
        speed: 800
    });
});

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Usage

Simply add the class and offset if desired and you're set.

An offset of -100 means the scroller takes 100 pixels off the amount to be scrolled, leaving a gap.

Using a positive number like +100 or simply 100 means the page scrolls an extra 100 pixels past the top left of the desired element target with the ID in the href attribute.

If you need to scroll to a set point, just use a data-position attribute instead.

<a href="#example" class="arctic_scroll">Example</a>
<a href="#moreexample" class="arctic_scroll" data-offset="100">Example</a>
<a href="#last" class="arctic_scroll" data-position="1234">Example</a>

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Working Example

For now, the example is on JSBin (http://jsbin.com/izocuz) just for convience. When I luanch my new website, a labs section will exist where a proper example will sit.

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Sites using Arctic Scroll

• Casper - (Default Ghost theme)
• G'Nosh

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Todo

• Add easing
• Check & test for horizontal scrolling
• Allow constant speed of scrolling, so further elements take longer to get to but doesn't kill performance.