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Hello There,
What is the name of this feature or function?
See it here
The scrolling sidebar menu that tracks user movement through content? (the Javascript glossary)
You can do this with jQuery waypoints: http://imakewebthings.com/jquery-waypoints/
Bootstrap (by Twitter) uses this effect with one of their JavaScript plugins called ScrollSpy.