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  • @DownPW it can easily be reverted, but I don’t want to maintain two sets of code. I’ll defer to others here for that final decision as I know it did cause some confusion.

  • no problem dude @phenomlab 🙂
    I put a modification here that seems to work as a reminder if you don’t mind.

    –> If yes, you can delete it.

    use $('html, body').animate({ scrollTop: 0 }, '300'); to smoothly scroll the page to the top when the #pageUp button is clicked. This code will provide a smooth scrolling effect from the bottom to the top of the page without reloading it.

    What do you think of this?

    // Scroll to top function
    $(window).on('action:ajaxify.end', function(data) {
        var matched = false;
        $(document).ready(function() {
            var pageUp = $('#pageUp');
            var bar = $('.reading-meter');
            var perWidth = $('.reading-meter').width();
            
            // Main progressbar function
            function pageScroller() {
                var winScroll = document.body.scrollTop || document.documentElement.scrollTop;
                var height = document.documentElement.scrollHeight - document.documentElement.clientHeight;
                var scrolled = (winScroll / height) * 100;
    
                document.getElementById("progress-bar").style.width = parseFloat(scrolled).toFixed(0) + "%";
                $('#percentage').val(parseFloat(scrolled).toFixed(0) + "%");
    
                // Prevent the mouse scroll wheel from scrolling down after the pageUp button is clicked
                if ($('#pageUp').is(':focus')) {
                    event.preventDefault();
                }
            }
    
            // Bind the pageScroller function to the window's scroll event
            $(window).scroll(function() {
                pageScroller();
            });
    
            // Check the URL and composer visibility separately from the scroll event
            function checkURL() {
                var thisURL = window.location.href;
                var checkArray = ["topic", "notifications", "user"];
                var isFound = false;
                
                for (var i = 0, len = checkArray.length; i < len; i++) {
                    if (thisURL.indexOf(checkArray[i]) > -1) {
                        isFound = true;
                        break;
                    }
                }
                
                return isFound;
            }
    
            // Function to update visibility based on URL and composer
            function updateVisibility() {
                if (checkURL()) {
                    bar.removeClass('show');
                    pageUp.removeClass('show');
                } else {
                    // Exception here is that we don't want the scroll bar to show when the composer is active
                    if ($(window).scrollTop() > 0 && (!$('[component="composer"]').is(":visible"))) {
                        bar.addClass('show');
                        pageUp.addClass('show');
                    } else {
                        bar.removeClass('show');
                        pageUp.removeClass('show');
                    }
                }
            }
    
            // Call updateVisibility initially
            updateVisibility();
    
            // Bind updateVisibility function to the window's scroll event
            $(window).scroll(function() {
                updateVisibility();
            });
    
            // Scroll to top when #pageUp is clicked
            $(document).on("click", "#pageUp", function(e) {
                $('html, body').animate({ scrollTop: 0 }, '300'); // Animate scrolling to top
                $('#progress-bar').width(0);
                pageUp.removeClass('show');
            });
        });
    });
    
  • @DownPW looks good to me.

  • @DownPW Just to circle back to this, the decision to reload the page instead of multiple scrolling / clicking was based on this discussion, which I’m including here for brevity

    https://community.nodebb.org/topic/17395/scroll-top-function?_=1695115491466

  • @phenomlab said in What is this bar called?:

    @DownPW you are right - it used to scroll to the top but I changed it because “scroll top” actually only applied to what was in the DOM at the time meaning that as data was being added, the “top” position was no longer a true representation and so the button had to be clicked multiple times to reach the “real” top.

    you are right @phenomlab the code I gave yesterday works but does the same thing as you described.

    here a mix of the 2 (scroll to top & scroll to top with refresh)

    // Scroll to top function (classic scroll to top)
    $(window).on('action:ajaxify.end', function(data) {
        var matched = false;
        $(document).ready(function() {
            var pageUp = $('#pageUp');
            var bar = $('.reading-meter');
            var perWidth = $('.reading-meter').width();
            
            // Main progressbar function
            function pageScroller() {
                var winScroll = document.body.scrollTop || document.documentElement.scrollTop;
                var height = document.documentElement.scrollHeight - document.documentElement.clientHeight;
                var scrolled = (winScroll / height) * 100;
    
                document.getElementById("progress-bar").style.width = parseFloat(scrolled).toFixed(0) + "%";
                $('#percentage').val(parseFloat(scrolled).toFixed(0) + "%");
    
                // Prevent the mouse scroll wheel from scrolling down after the pageUp button is clicked
                if ($('#pageUp').is(':focus')) {
                    event.preventDefault();
                }
            }
    
            // Bind the pageScroller function to the window's scroll event
            $(window).scroll(function() {
                pageScroller();
            });
    
            // Check the URL and composer visibility separately from the scroll event
            function checkURL() {
                var thisURL = window.location.href;
                var checkArray = ["topic", "notifications", "user"];
                var isFound = false;
                
                for (var i = 0, len = checkArray.length; i < len; i++) {
                    if (thisURL.indexOf(checkArray[i]) > -1) {
                        isFound = true;
                        break;
                    }
                }
                
                return isFound;
            }
    
            // Function to update visibility based on URL and composer
            function updateVisibility() {
                if (checkURL()) {
                    bar.removeClass('show');
                    pageUp.removeClass('show');
                } else {
                    // Exception here is that we don't want the scroll bar to show when the composer is active
                    if ($(window).scrollTop() > 0 && (!$('[component="composer"]').is(":visible"))) {
                        bar.addClass('show');
                        pageUp.addClass('show');
                    } else {
                        bar.removeClass('show');
                        pageUp.removeClass('show');
                    }
                }
            }
    
            // Call updateVisibility initially
            updateVisibility();
    
            // Bind updateVisibility function to the window's scroll event
            $(window).scroll(function() {
                updateVisibility();
            });
    
            // Scroll to top when #pageUp is clicked
            $(document).on("click", "#pageUp", function(e) {
                $('html, body').animate({ scrollTop: 0 }, '300'); // Animate scrolling to top
                $('#progress-bar').width(0);
                pageUp.removeClass('show');
            });
        });
    });
    
    // Scroll to refresh function (for specific URLs)
    $(window).on('action:ajaxify.end', function(data) {
        var refreshRoutes = ['/recent', '/unread', '/popular', '/top', '/solved', '/unsolved'];
        var currentRoute = ajaxify.data.url;
    
        if (refreshRoutes.includes(currentRoute)) {
            var pageUp = $('#pageUp');
            var bar = $('.reading-meter');
            var perWidth = $('.reading-meter').width();
    
            // Main progressbar function
            function pageScroller() {
                var winScroll = document.body.scrollTop || document.documentElement.scrollTop;
                var height = document.documentElement.scrollHeight - document.documentElement.clientHeight;
                var scrolled = (winScroll / height) * 100;
    
                document.getElementById("progress-bar").style.width = parseFloat(scrolled).toFixed(0) + "%";
                $('#percentage').val(parseFloat(scrolled).toFixed(0) + "%");
    
                // Prevent the mouse scroll wheel from scrolling down after the pageUp button is clicked
                if ($('#pageUp').is(':focus')) {
                    event.preventDefault();
                }
            }
    
            // Bind the pageScroller function to the window's scroll event
            $(window).scroll(function() {
                pageScroller();
            });
    
            // Function to update visibility based on URL and composer
            function updateVisibility() {
                // No need to check composer visibility for these routes
                if ($(window).scrollTop() > 0) {
                    bar.addClass('show');
                    pageUp.addClass('show');
                } else {
                    bar.removeClass('show');
                    pageUp.removeClass('show');
                }
            }
    
            // Call updateVisibility initially
            updateVisibility();
    
            // Bind updateVisibility function to the window's scroll event
            $(window).scroll(function() {
                updateVisibility();
            });
    
            // Scroll to refresh when #pageUp is clicked
            $(document).on("click", "#pageUp", function(e) {
                ajaxify.refresh();
                $('#progress-bar').width(0);
                pageUp.removeClass('show');
            });
        }
    });
    

    I found it interesting to keep the scroll effect on the home page

    The scroll to top with refresh is applied on the routes indicated in the script (/recent, /unread, etc.). The classic scroll to top applies to other pages and the scroll to top is disabled in chat, etc…

    For the previous script, I used the code from your v2 and doing myself but I’m not being a good JS developer, so this time I asked to ChatGPT to help me, sorry !

    I tested the code and it seems to work correctly without any bugs but could you check @phenomlab if this seems correct to you even if the code works?

    A machine will not replace humans in this regard. At least for now 🙂

  • @DownPW 🙂 Love it - let me try this out!

    EDIT - Tried it, and there’s a couple of bugs. For example, if you use a custom page, scroll to the bottom, then use the back to top button, you have to scroll the mouse wheel down 16 times (if you do it quickly - depending on intervals it can be much less) before it’ll work properly. This is animation jitter as far as I can see where the animation does not complete on time and is therefore stuck in a loop.

    Have a look yourself here and see if you get the same experience

    https://sudonix.org/journey

  • Seems you can fix this by using e.preventDefault() see below

        // Scroll to top when #pageUp is clicked
        $(document).on("click", "#pageUp", function(e) {
            e.preventDefault(); // Prevent default behavior
            $('html, body').animate({ scrollTop: 0 }, '300'); // Animate scrolling to top
            $('#progress-bar').width(0);
            pageUp.removeClass('show');
        });
    
  • Not test on custom page. Test ASAP

  • @DownPW said in What is this bar called?:

    Not test on custom page. Test ASAP

    The above code change I provided seems to resolve the issue.

  • This is good 👍


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