sticky

Just like the title says! Here's a sidebar navigation bar that...

1. Uses sticky positioning. It stays on the screen when it can, but won't overlap the header, footer, or ever make any of it's links inaccessible.
2. Scrolls smoothly to the sections you click to.
3. Activates the current nav based on scroll position (it's a single page thing).

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You know how position: relative creates a new context for absolute positioning within an element? Well, position: sticky is a locally scoped version of position: fixed. Let's take a look at how that works using a modal with a sticky close button as an example.

Stickybits is a small JavaScript utility plugin. It's goal is not to get in the way. It does one thing well: help with sticky elements. It is not dependent on other JavaScript Plugins, can be imported via npm, and approaches sticky elements in a very utility-oriented way.

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