Aqui está um exemplo que usa o plugin jquery-visible: http://jsfiddle.net/711p4em4/ .
HTML:
<div class = "wrapper">
<header>Header</header>
<main>
<nav>Stick to top</nav>
Content
</main>
<footer>Footer</footer>
</div>
CSS:
* {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
body {
background-color: #e2e2e2;
}
.wrapper > header,
.wrapper > footer {
font: 20px/2 Sans-Serif;
text-align: center;
background-color: #0040FF;
color: #fff;
}
.wrapper > main {
position: relative;
height: 500px;
background-color: #5e5e5e;
font: 20px/500px Sans-Serif;
color: #fff;
text-align: center;
padding-top: 40px;
}
.wrapper > main > nav {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
right: 0;
font: 20px/2 Sans-Serif;
color: #fff;
text-align: center;
background-color: #FFBF00;
}
.wrapper > main > nav.fixed {
position: fixed;
top: 0;
left: 0;
right: 0;
}
JS (inclua o plugin jquery-visible):
(function($){
/**
* Copyright 2012, Digital Fusion
* Licensed under the MIT license.
* http://teamdf.com/jquery-plugins/license/
*
* @author Sam Sehnert
* @desc A small plugin that checks whether elements are within
* the user visible viewport of a web browser.
* only accounts for vertical position, not horizontal.
*/
var $w = $(window);
$.fn.visible = function(partial,hidden,direction){
if (this.length < 1)
return;
var $t = this.length > 1 ? this.eq(0) : this,
t = $t.get(0),
vpWidth = $w.width(),
vpHeight = $w.height(),
direction = (direction) ? direction : 'both',
clientSize = hidden === true ? t.offsetWidth * t.offsetHeight : true;
if (typeof t.getBoundingClientRect === 'function'){
// Use this native browser method, if available.
var rec = t.getBoundingClientRect(),
tViz = rec.top >= 0 && rec.top < vpHeight,
bViz = rec.bottom > 0 && rec.bottom <= vpHeight,
lViz = rec.left >= 0 && rec.left < vpWidth,
rViz = rec.right > 0 && rec.right <= vpWidth,
vVisible = partial ? tViz || bViz : tViz && bViz,
hVisible = partial ? lViz || rViz : lViz && rViz;
if(direction === 'both')
return clientSize && vVisible && hVisible;
else if(direction === 'vertical')
return clientSize && vVisible;
else if(direction === 'horizontal')
return clientSize && hVisible;
} else {
var viewTop = $w.scrollTop(),
viewBottom = viewTop + vpHeight,
viewLeft = $w.scrollLeft(),
viewRight = viewLeft + vpWidth,
offset = $t.offset(),
_top = offset.top,
_bottom = _top + $t.height(),
_left = offset.left,
_right = _left + $t.width(),
compareTop = partial === true ? _bottom : _top,
compareBottom = partial === true ? _top : _bottom,
compareLeft = partial === true ? _right : _left,
compareRight = partial === true ? _left : _right;
if(direction === 'both')
return !!clientSize && ((compareBottom <= viewBottom) && (compareTop >= viewTop)) && ((compareRight <= viewRight) && (compareLeft >= viewLeft));
else if(direction === 'vertical')
return !!clientSize && ((compareBottom <= viewBottom) && (compareTop >= viewTop));
else if(direction === 'horizontal')
return !!clientSize && ((compareRight <= viewRight) && (compareLeft >= viewLeft));
}
};
})(jQuery);
$(function() {
$(window).scroll(function() {
$(".wrapper > header").visible(true) ?
$(".wrapper > main > nav").removeClass("fixed") :
$(".wrapper > main > nav").addClass("fixed");
});
});