How can I make a div stick to the top of the screen once it's been scrolled to?

Question

I would like to create a div, that is situated beneath a block of content but that once the page has been scrolled enough to contact its top boundary, becomes fixed in place

Answer 1

sticky till the footer hits the div:

function stickyCostSummary() {
    var stickySummary = $('.sticky-cost-summary');
    var scrollCostSummaryDivPosition = $(window).scrollTop();
    var footerHeight = $('#footer').height();
    var documentHeight = $(document).height();
    var costSummaryHeight = stickySummary.height();
    var headerHeight = 83;
    var footerMargin = 10;
    var scrollHeight = 252;
    var footerPosition = $('#footer').offset().top;

    if (scrollCostSummaryDivPosition > scrollHeight && scrollCostSummaryDivPosition <= (documentHeight - footerHeight - costSummaryHeight - headerHeight - footerMargin)) {
        stickySummary.removeAttr('style');
        stickySummary.addClass('fixed');

    } else if (scrollCostSummaryDivPosition > (documentHeight - footerHeight - costSummaryHeight - headerHeight - footerMargin)) {
        stickySummary.removeClass('fixed');
        stickySummary.css({
          "position" : "absolute",
          "top" : (documentHeight - footerHeight - costSummaryHeight - headerHeight - footerMargin - scrollHeight) + "px"
      });
    } else {
        stickySummary.removeClass('fixed');
        stickySummary.css({
            "position" : "absolute",
            "top" : "0"
        });
    }
}

$window.scroll(stickyCostSummary);