Changing background color of div on scroll

Question

http://jsfiddle.net/ncuydr9y/

BG color should be #1A1A1A on start then change after scrolling 210 px. Not sure where I\'m going wrong.

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Answer 1

You need to bind your scroll event to your div with id="left-panel", because that's the element that has the scrollbar on it (i.e. the element with overflow: auto and a child element larger than itself).

Binding to document or window won't work, because in this case they are not the element with the scrollbar.

Working Live Demo:

$(document).ready(function () {
    var scroll_pos = 0;
    $("#left-panel").scroll(function () {
        scroll_pos = $(this).scrollTop();
        if (scroll_pos > 210) {
            $("#left-panel").css('background-color', '#1A1A1A');
        } else {
            $("#left-panel").css('background-color', 'red');
        }
        console.log(scroll_pos);
    });
});

#left-panel {
    position: fixed;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    width: 80%;
    height: 100%;
    z-index: 2;
    overflow:auto;
    height:2000px;
}

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="left-panel">
    <div style="height:5000px;">CONTENT</div>
</div>

JSFiddle Version: http://jsfiddle.net/ncuydr9y/1/