I like to use this code from Karl Swedberg, I typically include it using a <script></script>
in my footer.php file just before the </body>
tag or you could enqueue it in your functions.php file and have it load in the footer. I like this code because it removes the #hash from the URL once you click on the anchor.
jQuery(document).ready(function($){
// From: http://www.learningjquery.com/2007/10/improved-animated-scrolling-script-for-same-page-links/
function filterPath(string) {
return string
.replace(/^\//,'')
.replace(/(index|default).[a-zA-Z]{3,4}$/,'')
.replace(/\/$/,'');
}
var locationPath = filterPath(location.pathname);
var scrollElem = scrollableElement('html', 'body');
$('a[href*=#]').each(function() {
var thisPath = filterPath(this.pathname) || locationPath;
if ( locationPath == thisPath
&& (location.hostname == this.hostname || !this.hostname)
&& this.hash.replace(/#/,'') ) {
var $target = $(this.hash), target = this.hash;
// Added line below from previous version
target = target.length ? target : $('[name=' + this.hash.slice(1) +']');
if (target) {
var targetOffset = $target.offset().top;
$(this).click(function(event) {
event.preventDefault();
$(scrollElem).animate({
scrollTop: targetOffset
}, 400);
return false;
});
}
}
});
// use the first element that is "scrollable"
function scrollableElement(els) {
for (var i = 0, argLength = arguments.length; i <argLength; i++) {
var el = arguments[i],
$scrollElement = $(el);
if ($scrollElement.scrollTop()> 0) {
return el;
} else {
$scrollElement.scrollTop(1);
var isScrollable = $scrollElement.scrollTop()> 0;
$scrollElement.scrollTop(0);
if (isScrollable) {
return el;
}
}
}
return [];
}
});
You can control the speed of the scroll by changing the number in this part of the code:
$(scrollElem).animate({
scrollTop: targetOffset
}, 400);