How to create an Affix or sticky Navbar ?

Last Updated : 05 May, 2025

To create an affix or sticky navbar, you need to use HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. HTML will make the structure of the body, CSS will make it looks good. This kind of sticky navbar looks attractive on the website. By using JavaScript, you can easily make the navigation bar sticky when the user scrolls down.

Glimse of Affix/sticky Navbar

Creating Structure: In the HTML section, we will create a basic website structure for the sticky navbar when the user scrolls down the page it will display the effect.

Designing Structure: In CSS and JavaScript section we will design the structure for the navigation bar and make the scroll-down effect on the navbar using JavaScript.

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <title>How To Create a Affix Navbar</title>

    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">

    <!-- Google fonts -->
    <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Special+Elite&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
</head>

<body>
    <div class="header">
        <img src="https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20191128123949/cover1.png">
    </div>

    <div id="navlist">
        <b>GeeksforGeeks</b>
        <a href="javascript:void(0)">Contact us</a>
        <a href="javascript:void(0)">Careers</a>
        <a href="javascript:void(0)">Our Product</a>
        <a href="javascript:void(0)">About us</a>
        <a href="javascript:void(0)">Home</a>
    </div>

    <div class="scrollable" style="padding:15px 15px 4500px;">

        <b>BLACK FRIDAY</b>


        <p>
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        </p>

        <p>
            There will also be Flash Sales that will go
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            These Flash Sales will go live for 4 times
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        </p>

        <p>
            Black Friday is the Friday immediately after
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        </p>
      
        <center>
            <h3>Black Friday Sale Highlights</h3>
        </center>

        <p>
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        </p>

        <h4>All Day Super Sale On All Courses:</h4>

        <p>
            There will be a Super Sale on all the available
            courses for the whole day of Black Friday. So
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        </p>

        <h4>4 Flash Sales On Selected Courses:</h4>

        <p>
            There will be In Between Flash Sales on different
            courses for 1 hour each on Black Friday. These
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        </p>

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        <p>
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            <i>
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                    link</a>
            </i>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

CSS

<style>
    body {
        margin: 0;
    }
         
    .header {
        text-align: center;
        width: 100%;
    }
         
    #navlist {
        overflow: hidden;
        background-color: #0074D9;
    }
         
    /* navlist designing */
    #navlist a {
        float: right;
        display: block;
        color: #f2f2f2;
        text-align: center;
        padding: 14px 16px;
        text-decoration: none;
        font-size: 17px;
    }
         
    /* navlist link hover effect */
    #navlist a:hover {
        background-color: #ddd;
        color: black;
    }
         
    #navlist b{
        margin-top: 4px;
        padding: 8px 12px;
        color:lime;
        float: left;
        font-size: 22px;
    }
    
    /* scroll portion design */
    .scrollable b {
        font-family: 'Special Elite', cursive;
        font-size: 28px;
    }
         
    .content {
        padding: 16px;
    }
         
    .sticky {
        position: fixed;
        top: 0;
        width: 100%;
    }
</style>

JavaScript

<script>
    window.onscroll = function() {myFunction()};
    
    var navlist = document.getElementById("navlist");
    var sticky = navlist.offsetTop;
    
    /* Function to stick the nav bar */
    function myFunction() {
        if (window.pageYOffset >= sticky) {
            navlist.classList.add("sticky")
        } 
          else {
              navlist.classList.remove("sticky");
          }
    }
</script>

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