I have a list of search results in a overflow: auto; in the style. I would like to load only the first
If you compare the div's .top() + .height() to the window's .scrollTop + .height then you could tell when you're at the bottom of that div, and then trigger the next content load...
Sounds to me like you'd like to detect the scroll bars position when it is near the end. Found this when googling around on the jquery group. Its proposed solution with a little added documentation if needed:
$.fn.isNearTheEnd = function() {
// remember inside of $.fn.whatever = function() {}
// this is the jQuery object the function is called on.
// this[0] is DOMElement
return this[0].scrollTop + this.height() >= this[0].scrollHeight;
};
// an example.
$("#content").bind("scroll", function() {
if ($(this).isNearTheEnd()) // load some content
});