下面是一个使用jquery-visible插件的例子:http://jsfiddle.net/711p4em4/。

HTML:

<div class = "wrapper">
    <header>Header</header>
    <main>
        <nav>Stick to top</nav>
        Content
    </main>
    <footer>Footer</footer>
</div>

CSS:

* {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}

body {
    background-color: #e2e2e2;
}

.wrapper > header,
.wrapper > footer {
    font: 20px/2 Sans-Serif;
    text-align: center;
    background-color: #0040FF;
    color: #fff;
}

.wrapper > main {
    position: relative;
    height: 500px;
    background-color: #5e5e5e;
    font: 20px/500px Sans-Serif;
    color: #fff;
    text-align: center;
    padding-top: 40px;
}

.wrapper > main > nav {
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    right: 0;
    font: 20px/2 Sans-Serif;
    color: #fff;
    text-align: center;
    background-color: #FFBF00;
}

.wrapper > main > nav.fixed {
    position: fixed;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    right: 0;
}

JS(包括jquery-visible插件):

(function($){

    /**
     * Copyright 2012, Digital Fusion
     * Licensed under the MIT license.
     * http://teamdf.com/jquery-plugins/license/
     *
     * @author Sam Sehnert
     * @desc A small plugin that checks whether elements are within
     *       the user visible viewport of a web browser.
     *       only accounts for vertical position, not horizontal.
     */
    var $w = $(window);
    $.fn.visible = function(partial,hidden,direction){

        if (this.length < 1)
            return;

        var $t        = this.length > 1 ? this.eq(0) : this,
            t         = $t.get(0),
            vpWidth   = $w.width(),
            vpHeight  = $w.height(),
            direction = (direction) ? direction : 'both',
            clientSize = hidden === true ? t.offsetWidth * t.offsetHeight : true;

        if (typeof t.getBoundingClientRect === 'function'){

            // Use this native browser method, if available.
            var rec = t.getBoundingClientRect(),
                tViz = rec.top    >= 0 && rec.top    <  vpHeight,
                bViz = rec.bottom >  0 && rec.bottom <= vpHeight,
                lViz = rec.left   >= 0 && rec.left   <  vpWidth,
                rViz = rec.right  >  0 && rec.right  <= vpWidth,
                vVisible   = partial ? tViz || bViz : tViz && bViz,
                hVisible   = partial ? lViz || rViz : lViz && rViz;

            if(direction === 'both')
                return clientSize && vVisible && hVisible;
            else if(direction === 'vertical')
                return clientSize && vVisible;
            else if(direction === 'horizontal')
                return clientSize && hVisible;
        } else {

            var viewTop         = $w.scrollTop(),
                viewBottom      = viewTop + vpHeight,
                viewLeft        = $w.scrollLeft(),
                viewRight       = viewLeft + vpWidth,
                offset          = $t.offset(),
                _top            = offset.top,
                _bottom         = _top + $t.height(),
                _left           = offset.left,
                _right          = _left + $t.width(),
                compareTop      = partial === true ? _bottom : _top,
                compareBottom   = partial === true ? _top : _bottom,
                compareLeft     = partial === true ? _right : _left,
                compareRight    = partial === true ? _left : _right;

            if(direction === 'both')
                return !!clientSize && ((compareBottom <= viewBottom) && (compareTop >= viewTop)) && ((compareRight <= viewRight) && (compareLeft >= viewLeft));
            else if(direction === 'vertical')
                return !!clientSize && ((compareBottom <= viewBottom) && (compareTop >= viewTop));
            else if(direction === 'horizontal')
                return !!clientSize && ((compareRight <= viewRight) && (compareLeft >= viewLeft));
        }
    };

})(jQuery);

$(function() {
    $(window).scroll(function() {
        $(".wrapper > header").visible(true) ?
            $(".wrapper > main > nav").removeClass("fixed") :
            $(".wrapper > main > nav").addClass("fixed");
    });
});

你可以简单地使用css，将你的元素定位为fixed:

.fixedElement {
    background-color: #c0c0c0;
    position:fixed;
    top:0;
    width:100%;
    z-index:100;
}

编辑:你应该有一个绝对位置的元素，一旦滚动偏移到达元素，它应该被改变为固定，顶部位置应该被设置为零。

你可以用scrollTop函数检测文档的顶部滚动偏移量:

$(window).scroll(function(e){ 
  var $el = $('.fixedElement'); 
  var isPositionFixed = ($el.css('position') == 'fixed');
  if ($(this).scrollTop() > 200 && !isPositionFixed){ 
    $el.css({'position': 'fixed', 'top': '0px'}); 
  }
  if ($(this).scrollTop() < 200 && isPositionFixed){
    $el.css({'position': 'static', 'top': '0px'}); 
  } 
});

当滚动偏移量达到200时，元素会粘在浏览器窗口的顶部，因为是固定放置的。

截至2017年1月和Chrome 56的发布，大多数常用的浏览器都支持CSS中的position: sticky属性。

#thing_to_stick {
  position: sticky;
  top: 0px;
}

在火狐和Chrome浏览器中都是如此。

在Safari中，你仍然需要使用position: -webkit-sticky。

Polyfills可用于Internet Explorer和Edge;https://github.com/wilddeer/stickyfill似乎是个不错的网站。

最简单的解决方案(没有js): 演示

.container {
  position: relative;
}
.sticky-div {
    position: sticky;
    top: 0;
}

<div class="container">
  <h1>
    relative container & sticky div
  </h1>
  <div class="sticky-div"> this row is sticky</div>
  <div>
    content
  </div>
</div>

以下是Josh Lee的回答的扩展版本。如果你想让div在侧边栏的右边，并浮动在一个范围内(即，你需要指定顶部和底部锚位置)。它还修复了一个bug，当你在移动设备上查看这个(你需要检查左滚动位置，否则div将移出屏幕)。

function moveScroller() {
    var move = function() {
        var st = $(window).scrollTop();
        var sl = $(window).scrollLeft();
        var ot = $("#scroller-anchor-top").offset().top;
        var ol = $("#scroller-anchor-top").offset().left;
        var bt = $("#scroller-anchor-bottom").offset().top;
        var s = $("#scroller");
        if(st > ot) {
            if (st < bt - 280) //280px is the approx. height for the sticky div
            {
                s.css({
                    position: "fixed",
                    top: "0px",
                    left: ol-sl
                }); 
            }
            else
            {
                s.css({
                    position: "fixed",
                    top: bt-st-280,
                    left: ol-sl
                }); 
            }
        } else {
            s.css({
                position: "relative",
                top: "",
                left: ""
            });

        }
    };
    $(window).scroll(move);
    move();
}

这就是我用jquery做的。这都是根据堆栈溢出的各种答案拼凑起来的。这个解决方案缓存选择器以获得更快的性能，并且还解决了当粘性div变得粘性时的“跳跃”问题。

在jsfiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/HQS8s/上查看它

CSS:

.stick {
    position: fixed;
    top: 0;
}

JS:

$(document).ready(function() {
    // Cache selectors for faster performance.
    var $window = $(window),
        $mainMenuBar = $('#mainMenuBar'),
        $mainMenuBarAnchor = $('#mainMenuBarAnchor');

    // Run this on scroll events.
    $window.scroll(function() {
        var window_top = $window.scrollTop();
        var div_top = $mainMenuBarAnchor.offset().top;
        if (window_top > div_top) {
            // Make the div sticky.
            $mainMenuBar.addClass('stick');
            $mainMenuBarAnchor.height($mainMenuBar.height());
        }
        else {
            // Unstick the div.
            $mainMenuBar.removeClass('stick');
            $mainMenuBarAnchor.height(0);
        }
    });
});