How can I check if a scrollbar is visible?

Question

Is it possible to check the overflow:auto of a div?

For example:

HTML

Answer 1

Works on Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Opera, at least in the newer versions.

Using JQuery...

Setup this function to fix the footer:

function fixFooterCaller()
{
    const body = $('body');
    const footer = $('body footer');

    return function ()
    {
        // If the scroll bar is visible
        if ($(document).height() > $(window).height())
        {
            // Reset
            footer.css('position', 'inherit');
            // Erase the padding added in the above code
            body.css('padding-bottom', '0');
        }
        // If the scrollbar is NOT visible
        else
        {
            // Make it fixed at the bottom
            footer.css('position', 'fixed');
            // And put a padding to the body as the size of the footer
            // This makes the footer do not cover the content and when
            // it does, this event fix it
            body.css('padding-bottom', footer.outerHeight());
        }
    }
}

It returns a function. Made this way just to set the body and footer once.

And then, set this when the document is ready.

$(document).ready(function ()
{
    const fixFooter = fixFooterCaller();

    // Put in a timeout call instead of just call the fixFooter function
    // to prevent the page elements needed don't be ready at this time
    setTimeout(fixFooter, 0);
    // The function must be called every time the window is resized
    $(window).resize(fixFooter);
});

Add this to your footer css:

footer {
    bottom: 0;
}