Problem with scrollto offset javascript because of header

Question

I need help with this scrollto code snippet. The problem is that I need to set an offset to account for my menu. Without the offset the header that I scroll to gets buried under

Answer 1

Should be relatively easy: If your header is for example 85px high, you can just add these 85px to the offset in your code, so this line

scrollTop: target.offset().top

becomes

scrollTop: target.offset().top - 85

that way the window will scroll 85px less than calculated, so the section will not be hidden behind the header.