Use jQuery to show a div only when scroll position is between 2 points

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Published on 2010-04-07T12:36:31Z Indexed on 2010/04/07 13:23 UTC
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Hi,

I'm trying to work out how to get a div (#tips) to appear when the user scrolls into the 2nd quarter of its containing div's height (#wrap), and then have it disappear when the user scrolls into the last quarter. So it would be like this:

1st quarter - #tips is hidden
2nd quarter - #tips is visible
3rd quarter - #tips is visible
4th quarter - #tips is hidden

I'm almost completely new to jQuery but what I've got so far is this:

function addKeyboardNavigation(){
 // get the height of #wrap
 var $wrapHeight = $('#wrap').outerHeight()
 // get 1/4 of wrapHeight
 var $quarterwrapHeight = ($wrapHeight)/4
 // get 3/4 of wrapHeight
 var $threequarterswrapHeight = 3*($wrapHeight)
 // check if we're over a quarter down the page
 if( $(window).scrollTop() > $quarterwrapHeight ){
  // if we are show keyboardTips
  $("#tips").fadeIn("slow");
 }
}

This is where I get confused. How can I check if the scroll position is > $quarterwrapHeight but < $threequarterswrapHeight?

To make it run I've been using:

// Run addKeyboardNavigation on scroll
$(window).scroll(function(){
 addKeyboardNavigation();
});

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks.

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