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<h2 id="affix-usage">Usage</h2>
<p>Use the affix plugin via data attributes or manually with your own JavaScript. <strong>In both situations, you must provide CSS for the positioning of your content.</strong></p>

<h3>Positioning via CSS</h3>
<p>The affix plugin toggles between three classes, each representing a particular state: <code>.affix</code>, <code>.affix-top</code>, and <code>.affix-bottom</code>. You must provide the styles for these classes yourself (independent of this plugin) to handle the actual positions.</p>
<p>Here's how the affix plugin works:</p>
<ol>
<li>To start, the plugin adds <code>.affix-top</code> to indicate the element is in it's top-most position. At this point no CSS positioning is required.</li>
<li>Scrolling past the element you want affixed should trigger the actual affixing. This is where <code>.affix</code> replaces <code>.affix-top</code> and sets <code>position: fixed;</code> (provided by Bootstrap's code CSS).</li>
<li>If a bottom offset is defined, scrolling past that should replace <code>.affix</code> with <code>.affix-bottom</code>. Since offsets are optional, setting one requires you to set the appropriate CSS. In this case, add <code>position: absolute;</code> when necessary. The plugin uses the data attribute or JavaScript option to determine where to position the elemtn from there.</li>
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<p>Follow the above steps to set your CSS for either of the usage options below.</p>

<h3>Via data attributes</h3>
<p>To easily add affix behavior to any element, just add <code>data-spy="affix"</code> to the element you want to spy on. Then use offsets to define when to toggle the pinning of an element on and off.</p>
<p>To easily add affix behavior to any element, just add <code>data-spy="affix"</code> to the element you want to spy on. Use offsets to define when to toggle the pinning of an element.</p>

{% highlight html %}
<div data-spy="affix" data-offset-top="200">...</div>
<div data-spy="affix" data-offset-top="60" data-offset-bottom="200">
...
</div>
{% endhighlight %}

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<h4>Requires independent styling ;)</h4>
<p>
Affix toggles between three states/classes: <code>.affix</code>, <code>.affix-top</code>, and <code>.affix-bottom</code>. You must provide the styles for these classes yourself (independent of this plugin).
The <code>.affix-top</code> class should be in the regular flow of the document. The <code>.affix</code> class should be <code>position: fixed</code>. And <code>.affix-bottom</code> should be <code>position: absolute</code>. Note: <code>.affix-bottom</code> is special in that the plugin will place the element with JS relative to the <code>offset: { bottom: number }</code> option you've provided.
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<h3>Via JavaScript</h3>
<p>Call the affix plugin via JavaScript:</p>
{% highlight js %}
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