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I'm trying to add an active link, so while people are scrolling, the section they are on will have the active class.

I've been using the Fiddle from this post: Change Active Menu Item on Page Scroll?

I can't get it to work in my code though.

Below is what I have so far, and my website is http://whitneyedenlewis.com

Thanks!

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Whitney,

The fiddle from the post you mentioned does work, but you need to add an id to your <ul> so that it's <ul id="top-menu">.

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After adding this and using the code in the aforementioned fiddle, you will see the active class moving to other links in your navigation. From there, you'll still have a little more to do, but this should answer your question.

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  • Thank you for taking a look! I added the #top-menu to the ul and added position absolute to my anchor ids. The active class isn't moving though... Any thoughts? – Whitney Lewis Apr 20 '16 at 15:24
  • The way I tested that this was working was to go into the dev tools console in Chrome and paste in the JavaScript from the fiddle you referenced. Once I pasted it in and hit enter, I began testing the scroll. I could see the active class being applied. It just needed polish. I'm adding a humongous gif to answer, so you can see it working. – Andy Hoffman Apr 20 '16 at 15:47
  • I've got the active link working properly. But, still only if I paste it into the console. How do I make it work without doing that? ....Thanks :) – Whitney Lewis Apr 21 '16 at 20:28
  • @WhitneyLewis Try surrounding that active link code with this: `$(document).ready(function() { // add code here });` I'm pretty sure what's happening is that the document has not been fully loaded when you're running that code. Let me know if this works for you. – Andy Hoffman Apr 22 '16 at 00:03
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    THAT WORKED!!! ANDY HOFFMAN, YOU ARE THE MAN!!!!!! Thank you so so so so so much! – Whitney Lewis Apr 22 '16 at 00:17