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To set the active class to the navigation menu dynamically by scrolling or clicking on the navigation links, the active class is to be set on each section depending on the position of the webpage. To add methods and variables, JavaScript is used. To perform some action, the functions can be called on some events such as click and scroll.

Example: This example implements the approach mentioned above.

HTML




<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
  
<head>
    <!-- Required meta tags -->
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, 
        initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no">
  
    <!-- Bootstrap CSS -->
    <link rel="stylesheet" href=
        integrity=
"sha384-ggOyR0iXCbMQv3Xipma34MD+dH/1fQ784/j6cY/iJTQUOhcWr7x9JvoRxT2MZw1T"
        crossorigin="anonymous">
  
    <!-- jQuery first, then Popper.js, then Bootstrap JS -->
        integrity=
"sha384-q8i/X+965DzO0rT7abK41JStQIAqVgRVzpbzo5smXKp4YfRvH+8abtTE1Pi6jizo"
        crossorigin="anonymous">
    </script>
      
    <script src=
        integrity=
"sha384-UO2eT0CpHqdSJQ6hJty5KVphtPhzWj9WO1clHTMGa3JDZwrnQq4sF86dIHNDz0W1"
        crossorigin="anonymous">
    </script>
  
    <script src=
        integrity=
"sha384-JjSmVgyd0p3pXB1rRibZUAYoIIy6OrQ6VrjIEaFf/nJGzIxFDsf4x0xIM+B07jRM"
        crossorigin="anonymous">
    </script>
  
  
    <style>
        html {
            /*For smooth scrolling behavior*/
            scroll-behavior: smooth;
        }
  
        #home,
        #section1,
        #section2,
        #section3,
        #section4 {
            height: 70vh;
            text-align: center;
            font-size: 20px;
            padding-top: 50px;
        }
  
        #home {
            background-color: lightgreen;
        }
  
        #section1 {
            background-color: lightcoral;
        }
  
        #section2 {
            background-color: cyan;
        }
  
        #section3 {
            background-color: lightsalmon;
        }
  
        #section4 {
            background-color: lightseagreen;
        }
    </style>
</head>
  
<body>
    <!-- Creating Nav Bar  -->
    <section id="navigation">
        <nav class="navbar navbar-expand-sm 
            navbar-dark bg-dark fixed-top">
            <div class="container">
                <a class="navbar-brand" href="#" 
                    style="color:greenyellow;">
                    Geeks for Geeks
                </a>
  
                <div class=" navbar-default">
                    <ul class="navbar-nav ml-auto">
                        <li class="nav-item ">
  
                            <!--Initially active class 
                                is set to home link -->
                            <a class="nav-link active" href="#">
                                Home
                            </a>
                        </li>
  
                        <li class="nav-item">
                            <a class="nav-link" href="#section1">
                                Section 1
                            </a>
                        </li>
  
                        <li class="nav-item">
                            <a class="nav-link" href="#section2">
                                Section 2
                            </a>
                        </li>
  
                        <li class="nav-item">
                            <a class="nav-link" href="#section3">
                                Section 3
                            </a>
                        </li>
  
                        <li class="nav-item">
                            <a class="nav-link" href="#section4">
                                Section 4
                            </a>
                        </li>
                    </ul>
                </div>
            </div>
        </nav>
  
        <br><br>
        <!-- creating sections -->
        <section id="home" class="page-section">
            Home </section>
        <section id="section1" class="page-section">
            Section-1 </section>
        <section id="section2" class="page-section">
            Section-2 </section>
        <section id="section3" class="page-section">
            Section-3 </section>
        <section id="section4" class="page-section">
            Section-4 </section>
  
        <!-- JavaScript code -->
        <script>
  
            /* Code for changing active 
            link on clicking */
            var btns = 
                $("#navigation .navbar-nav .nav-link");
  
            for (var i = 0; i < btns.length; i++) {
                btns[i].addEventListener("click",
                                      function () {
                    var current = document
                        .getElementsByClassName("active");
  
                    current[0].className = current[0]
                        .className.replace(" active", "");
  
                    this.className += " active";
                });
            }
  
            /* Code for changing active 
            link on Scrolling */
            $(window).scroll(function () {
                var distance = $(window).scrollTop();
                $('.page-section').each(function (i) {
  
                    if ($(this).position().top 
                        <= distance + 250) {
                          
                            $('.navbar-nav a.active')
                                .removeClass('active');
  
                            $('.navbar-nav a').eq(i)
                                .addClass('active');
                    }
                });
            }).scroll();
        </script>
    </section>
</body>
  
</html>


Output:

  • While scrolling the webpage:
  • While clicking on nav links:


Last Updated : 14 Dec, 2020
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