How do I make an element sticky that is inside a div after it has scrolled past?

How do I make it so that when the user scrolls past the close "close" button, they get stuck at the top of the page?

The catch is that I want it to be aligned to the right of the window (right: 0px), and that the "close" is contained in a div container that is 500px wide and centered with margin: auto.

I tried this, when you scroll through the element, it will add a sticky class that has a fixed position: This doesn't work.

jsFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/7j18fwpa/

JQuery

var top = $('.close').offset().top;
$(window).scroll(function (event) {
    var y = $(this).scrollTop();
    if (y >= top)
        $('.close').addClass('sticky');
    else
        $('.close').removeClass('sticky');
            $('.close').width($('.close').parent().width());
});

      

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In your case, you are trying to make an absolutely positioned element sticky relative to its container.

I changed your jsfiddle to this:
http://jsfiddle.net/7j18fwpa/3/

So, you will have:

HTML:

<div class="container">
    <div class="close sticky">CLOSE</div>
    <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. In ut dui nisi. Morbi cursus nibh eget imperdiet gravida. Etiam ultricies lectus quis mollis mattis. Quisque at tincidunt nisl, ut commodo turpis. Sed dapibus mi porta, tempor metus et, luctus mi. Donec hendrerit odio at augue mollis interdum. Vestibulum efficitur metus eget diam tempor egestas. Maecenas sit amet urna consectetur, ultrices tortor sit amet, convallis odio. Phasellus ut ante luctus, elementum est consequat, cursus velit. Phasellus eleifend massa in tellus sagittis, id viverra risus efficitur. Fusce auctor a nisi in mollis. Cras auctor ullamcorper consectetur. Nunc imperdiet feugiat nulla non tincidunt. Praesent pulvinar ut lacus sit amet sagittis. Sed et elit in ipsum elementum lobortis.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vestibulum sed volutpat enim, sit amet varius elit. Sed vel diam consequat, lobortis diam vitae, aliquet diam. Morbi eget erat metus. Cras eget sollicitudin velit, eu cursus erat. Sed placerat, magna vitae feugiat rhoncus, ex turpis varius magna, nec laoreet nulla magna ac eros. Curabitur ut sollicitudin nibh. Proin et accumsan eros.</p>
</div>

      



CSS:

.container{
    width: 500px;
    height: 500px;
    background: red;
    margin: auto;
    position:relative;
}

.close{
    background: blue;
    width: 50px;
    height: 20px;
    position: absolute;
    right:0;
    top:100px;
}

      

JS:

$(function(){ // document ready

  if (!!$('.sticky').offset()) { // make sure ".sticky" element exists

    var containerTopOffset = $('.container').offset().top; // get offset the container
    var stickyTopOffset = $('.sticky').offset().top; // get offset of the sticky element
    var stickyTopCss = parseInt($('.sticky').css('top'), 10); // get original top pixels set on the sticky element from css

    $(window).scroll(function(){ // scroll event
      var windowTop = $(window).scrollTop(); // returns number 
      if (stickyTopOffset < windowTop){
        $('.sticky').css({ top: (windowTop-containerTopOffset) }); // set new top value for the sticky element that would be the window offset minus the container offset
      } else {
        $('.sticky').css({ top: stickyTopCss }); // restore the original top value of the sticky element
      }
    });

  }

});

      

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$(function() { // document ready

  if (!!$('.close').offset()) { // make sure ".sticky" element exists

    var stickyTop = $('.close').offset().top; // returns number 

    $(window).scroll(function() { // scroll event

      var windowTop = $(window).scrollTop(); // returns number 

      if (stickyTop < windowTop) {
        $('.close').css({
          position: 'fixed',
          top: 0
        });
      } else {
        $('.close').css({
          position: 'absolute',
          top: '100px'
        });
      }

    });

  }

});
      

.container {
  width: 500px;
  height: 1000px;
  background: red;
  margin: auto;
  position: relative;
}
.close {
  background: blue;
  width: 50px;
  height: 20px;
  position: absolute;
  right: 0px;
  top: 100px;
}
.sticky {
  position: fixed;
  top: 0px;
}
      

<div class="container">
  <div class="close">CLOSE</div>
  <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. In ut dui nisi. Morbi cursus nibh eget imperdiet gravida. Etiam ultricies lectus quis mollis mattis. Quisque at tincidunt nisl, ut commodo turpis. Sed dapibus mi porta, tempor metus et, luctus
    mi. Donec hendrerit odio at augue mollis interdum. Vestibulum efficitur metus eget diam tempor egestas. Maecenas sit amet urna consectetur, ultrices tortor sit amet, convallis odio. Phasellus ut ante luctus, elementum est consequat, cursus velit.
    Phasellus eleifend massa in tellus sagittis, id viverra risus efficitur. Fusce auctor a nisi in mollis. Cras auctor ullamcorper consectetur. Nunc imperdiet feugiat nulla non tincidunt. Praesent pulvinar ut lacus sit amet sagittis. Sed et elit in ipsum
    elementum lobortis. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vestibulum sed volutpat enim, sit amet varius elit. Sed vel diam consequat, lobortis diam vitae, aliquet diam. Morbi eget erat metus. Cras eget sollicitudin velit, eu cursus
    erat. Sed placerat, magna vitae feugiat rhoncus, ex turpis varius magna, nec laoreet nulla magna ac eros. Curabitur ut sollicitudin nibh. Proin et accumsan eros.</p>
</div>
      

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