Page Laubheimer says that if you’re going to do a sticky header…
- Keep it small.
- Visually contrast it with the rest of the page.
- If it’s going to move, keep it minimal. (I’d say, respect
prefers-reduced-motion.) - Consider “partially persistent headers.” (Jemima Abu calls it a Smart Navbar.)
- Actually, maybe don’t even do it.
I generally like the term “sticky” header, because it implies you should use position: sticky for them, which I think you should. It used to be done with position: fixed, but that was trickier to pull off since the header would move in-and-out of flow of the document. Using sticky positioning helps reserve that space automatically without JavaScript or magic numbers.
