how do I keep a nav bar at the top of the page?

Question

I'm trying to make my nav bar stay at the top of the page like on forbes.com

I know I could do

nav
{
   position: fixed;
   top: 0;
}

but the nav bar isn't at the top of the page, it comes after the logo... When you scroll down however, I want the nav bar to stick to the top of the screen..

This is my site

Answer 1

Here is a way to do it without JQuery. It works by setting a scroll listener to the window, and switching the class of the nav bar when the scroll reaches the right position.

var body = document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0];
var navigation = document.getElementById("navigation");

window.addEventListener("scroll", function(evt) {
  if (body.scrollTop > navigation.getBoundingClientRect().bottom) {
    // when the scroll's y is bigger than the nav's y set class to fixednav
    navigation.className = "fixednav"
  } else { // Overwise set the class to staticnav
    navigation.className = "staticnav"
  }
});

h1 {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 10px;
}
body {
  margin: 0px;
  background-color: white;
}
p {
  margin: 10px;
}
.fixednav {
  position: fixed;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
}
.staticnav {
  position: static;
}
#navigation {
  background-color: blue;
  padding: 10px;
  width: 100%;
}
#navigation a {
  padding: 10px;
  color: white;
  text-decoration: none;
}

<h1>
Hello world
</h1>
<nav id="navigation" class="staticnav"><a href="#">Home</a>  <a href="#">About</a>
</nav>
<!-- We initialize the nav with static condition -->
<p>
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</p>

Answer 2

the solution is easy, keep your css while adding px

nav
{
   position: fixed;
   top: 0px;
}