How to center sticky header without it jumping during scroll?

Question

I want to center "topofpage" in the page. I added to the CSS "text-align: center", but it jumps/jerks when it first starts scrolling moving it slightly to the right. Without the added CSS it appears left, and doesn't jump or jerk when scrolling. How can topofpage be centered without the jump/jerking when scrolling?

<div class="topofpage" id="mytopofpage">
  <h2>My topofpage</h2>
</div>

/* Style the topofpage */
.topofpage {
  padding: 10px 16px;
  background: #555;
  color: #f1f1f1;
  text-align: center;
}

/* Page content */
.content {
  padding: 16px;
}

/* The sticky class is added to the topofpage with JS when it reaches its scroll position */
.sticky {
  position: fixed;
  top: 0;
  width: 100%
}

/* Add some top padding to the page content to prevent sudden quick movement (as the topofpage gets a new position at the top of the page (position:fixed and top:0) */
.sticky + .content {
  padding-top: 102px;
}

// When the user scrolls the page, execute myFunction 
window.onscroll = function() {myFunction()};

// Get the topofpage
var topofpage = document.getElementById("mytopofpage");

// Get the offset position of the navbar
var sticky = topofpage.offsetTop;

// Add the sticky class to the topofpage when you reach its scroll position. Remove "sticky" when you leave the scroll position
function myFunction() {
  if (window.pageYOffset > sticky) {
    topofpage.classList.add("sticky");
  } else {
    topofpage.classList.remove("sticky");
  }
}

Answer 1

You have to give the text-align: center; to .header or .topofpage class not to the sticky class and change the padding of header class to padding: 10px 0px;

.topofpage {
  padding: 10px 0px;
  background: #555;
  color: #f1f1f1;
  text-align: center;
}

window.onscroll = function() {myFunction()};

var header = document.getElementById("myHeader");
var sticky = header.offsetTop;

function myFunction() {
  if (window.pageYOffset > sticky) {
    header.classList.add("sticky");
  } else {
    header.classList.remove("sticky");
  }
}

body {
  margin: 0;
  font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}

.top-container {
  background-color: #f1f1f1;
  padding: 30px;
  text-align: center;
}

.header {
  padding: 10px 0px;
  background: #555;
  color: #f1f1f1;
  text-align: center;
}

.content {
  padding: 16px;
}

.sticky {
  position: fixed;
  top: 0;
  width: 100%;
}

.sticky + .content {
  padding-top: 102px;
}

<div class="top-container">
  <h1>Scroll Down</h1>
  <p>Scroll down to see the sticky effect.</p>
</div>

<div class="header" id="myHeader">
  <h2>My Header</h2>
</div>

<div class="content">
  <h3>On Scroll Sticky Header</h3>
  <p>The header will stick to the top when you reach its scroll position.</p>
  <p>Scroll back up to remove the sticky effect.</p>
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</div>

Answer 2

This is todo with the box-sizing css property. By default it is set to content-box which causes sizing issues as the border/padding is added on top of the width.

You can fix it adding this css:

* {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

See: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/box-sizing