Creating an Interactive Scroll Page Progress Bar with CSS to Enhance User Engagement

Scroll page progress bars are a useful feature to help users track their progress as they scroll through long pages. By adding an interactive scroll page progress bar to your website or application, you can enhance user engagement and improve the overall user experience.

In this article, we will explore how to create a custom scroll page progress bar using CSS. We will discuss the basic HTML structure required for the progress bar, and then dive into the CSS code that will bring it to life. We will also cover some best practices and tips for designing an effective scroll page progress bar that fits seamlessly with your website or application.

Step 1: Add HTML Markup

The first step is to add HTML markup for your interactive scroll page progress bar. Here's an example:

<!-- tb is acronym for TechieBundle -->
<div class="tb-container-bar">
  <div class="tb-progress-bar"></div>
</div>
<div class="tb-wrapper">
  <header>
    <div class="tb-container">
      <a href="https://techiebundle.com">
        <img src="//techiebundle.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/techiebundle-white-1-1.png" alt="Web Development Agency | TechieBundle" height="60" target="_blank">
      </a>
      <div class="nav navigation-wrapper">
        <ul class="nav-list">
          <li class="nav-link">Home</li>
          <li class="nav-link">About</li>
          <li class="nav-link">Portfolio</li>
          <li class="nav-link">Blog</li>
          <li class="nav-link">Contact</li>
        </ul>
      </div>
    </div>
  </header>

  <div class="tb-container tb-margin-top">
    <h1>Scroll Page Progress Bar with CSS (Scroll Down)</h1>
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    <br>
  </div>
  <br>
  <br>
</div>
<footer>
  <div class="copyright">
    © 2023 <a href="https://techiebundle.com" target="_blank">TechieBundle</a>. </div>
</footer>

Step 2: Add CSS Styles

Next, you'll need to add CSS styles to create the appearance of your interactive scroll page progress bar.

@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Asap|Playfair+Display+SC:900&display=swap");
@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Nunito:wght@200;400;500;600;700;900&display=swap");

html,
body {
  position: relative;
  height: auto;
  background: #fcfcfc;
  line-height: 180%;
  font-family: "Nunito", sans serif;
}
p {
  color: #474747;
  font-size: 14px;
}
h1{
  text-align:center;
}
.tb-margin-top {
  padding-top: 8em;
}
.tb-wrapper {
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  z-index: 3;
}
.tb-container {
  max-width: 920px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding-left: 20px;
  padding-right: 20px;
}
.tb-container > a > img {
  border-radius: 50%;
}
header > div {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  align-items: center;
  height: 90px;
}
header {
  position: fixed;
  top: 0;
  width: 100%;
  background: #fcfcfc;
  box-shadow: 0 0 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
}
.tb-container-bar:before {
  position: fixed;
  content: "";
  display: block;
  z-index: 2;
  border-left: 100vw solid white;
  border-right: 100vw solid white;
  border-bottom: calc(100vh - 92px) solid white;
  bottom: 0;
}
.tb-progress-bar {
  position: absolute;
  top: 92px;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  background-image: url(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Black_right_angled_triangle_2.png);
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-attachment: scroll, fixed;
  background-size: 100% calc(100% - (100vh - 91px));
  z-index: 1;
}
footer {
  position: absolute;
  height: auto;
  width: 100%;
  background-color: #fcfcfc;
  text-align: center;
  line-height: 90px;
  z-index: 2;
  letter-spacing: 4px;
  bottom: -120px;
  box-shadow: 0 0 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
}
footer > .copywrite {
  letter-spacing: 1px;
}
.navigation-wrapper > ul {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  gap: 2em;
}
.navigation-wrapper > ul > li {
  color: #474747;
  font-size: 1.25em;
  list-style: none;
  cursor: pointer;
  position: relative;
  font-weight: 500;
}
.navigation-wrapper > ul > li:hover::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 0;
  height: 0;
  width: 0;
  z-index: 1;
  border-bottom: 2px solid #474747;
  animation: border-move 0.5s linear;
  animation-fill-mode: forwards;
}
@keyframes border-move {
  100% {
    width: 100%;
  }
}

You're welcome! I'm glad to have been of help. If you have any further questions or need additional assistance, don't hesitate to ask or also go through this link for live demo:
Engage Your Users: How to Create an Eye-catching Scroll Page Progress Bar with CSS

Comments

[Azam]

Very Helpful.

[TechieBundle]

Thanks for your valuable comment

[Jon Randy 🎖️]

Never really understood the point of these - how is this information useful to the user? I can actually see it resulting the user not bothering to read your content because they think it is too long - not really a good thing for the site.

I also fail to see how it would increase engagement (could even reduce it - see above), or how it is 'interactive' (it isn't)?

[TechieBundle]

Thanks for your comments. We will focus on it.