How can I make a div stick to the top of the screen once it's been scrolled to?

Question

I would like to create a div, that is situated beneath a block of content but that once the page has been scrolled enough to contact its top boundary, becomes fixed in place

Answer 1

I used some of the work above to create this tech. I improved it a bit and thought I would share my work. Hope this helps.

jsfiddle Code

function scrollErrorMessageToTop() {
    var flash_error = jQuery('#flash_error');
    var flash_position = flash_error.position();

    function lockErrorMessageToTop() {
        var place_holder = jQuery("#place_holder");
        if (jQuery(this).scrollTop() > flash_position.top && flash_error.attr("position") != "fixed") {
            flash_error.css({
                'position': 'fixed',
                'top': "0px",
                "width": flash_error.width(),
                "z-index": "1"
            });
            place_holder.css("display", "");
        } else {
            flash_error.css('position', '');
            place_holder.css("display", "none");
        }

    }
    if (flash_error.length > 0) {
        lockErrorMessageToTop();

        jQuery("#flash_error").after(jQuery("
"));
        var place_holder = jQuery("#place_holder");
        place_holder.css({
            "height": flash_error.height(),
            "display": "none"
        });
        jQuery(window).scroll(function(e) {
            lockErrorMessageToTop();
        });
    }
}
scrollErrorMessageToTop();​

This is a little bit more dynamic of a way to do the scroll. It does need some work and I will at some point turn this into a pluging but but this is what I came up with after hour of work.