/locomotive-scroll

🛤 Detection of elements in viewport & smooth scrolling with parallax.

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Locomotive Scroll

Detection of elements in viewport & smooth scrolling with parallax effects.

Installation

npm install locomotive-scroll

Usage

Basic

With simple detection.

HTML

<h1 data-scroll>Hey</h1>
<p data-scroll>👋</p>

CSS

Add the base styles to your CSS file.

locomotive-scroll.css

JS

With a bundler
import LocomotiveScroll from 'locomotive-scroll';

const scroll = new LocomotiveScroll();
Or without
<script src="locomotive-scroll.min.js"></script>
<script>
    (function () {
        var scroll = new LocomotiveScroll();
    })();
</script>

Get the JS file.

Smooth

With smooth scrolling and parallax.

<div data-scroll-container>
    <div data-scroll-section>
        <h1 data-scroll>Hey</h1>
        <p data-scroll>👋</p>
    </div>
    <div data-scroll-section>
        <h2 data-scroll data-scroll-speed="1">What's up?</h2>
        <p data-scroll data-scroll-speed="2">😬</p>
    </div>
</div>
import LocomotiveScroll from 'locomotive-scroll';

const scroll = new LocomotiveScroll({
    el: document.querySelector('[data-scroll-container]'),
    smooth: true
});

Note: scroll-sections are optional but recommended to improve performance, particularly in long pages.

Advanced

Make it do what you want.

With methods

<section id="js-target">Come here please.</section>
import LocomotiveScroll from 'locomotive-scroll';

const scroll = new LocomotiveScroll();
const target = document.querySelector('#js-target');

scroll.scrollTo(target);

With events

<!-- Using modularJS -->
<div data-scroll data-scroll-call="function, module">Trigger</div>
<!-- Using jQuery events -->
<div data-scroll data-scroll-call="EVENT_NAME">Trigger</div>
<!-- Or do it your own way 😎 -->
<div data-scroll data-scroll-call="{y,o,l,o}">Trigger</div>
import LocomotiveScroll from 'locomotive-scroll';

const scroll = new LocomotiveScroll();

scroll.on('call', func => {
    // Using modularJS
    this.call(...func);
    // Using jQuery events
    $(document).trigger(func);
    // Or do it your own way 😎
});

Instance options

Option Type Default Description
el object document Scroll container element.
name string 'scroll' Data attribute prefix (data-scroll-xxxx).
offset array(2) [0,0] Global in-view trigger offset : [bottom,top]
Use a string with % to use a percentage of the viewport height.
Use a numeric value for absolute pixels unit.
E.g. ["30%",0], [100,0], ["30%", 100]
repeat boolean false Repeat in-view detection.
smooth boolean false Smooth scrolling.
smoothMobile boolean false Smooth scrolling on iOS and Android devices.
direction string vertical Scroll direction.
inertia number 1 Lerp intensity.
getDirection boolean false Add direction to scroll event.
getSpeed boolean false Add speed to scroll event.
class string is-inview Element in-view class.
initClass string has-scroll-init Initialize class.
scrollingClass string has-scroll-scrolling Is scrolling class.
draggingClass string has-scroll-dragging Is dragging class.
smoothClass string has-scroll-smooth Has smooth scrolling class.
scrollbarClass string c-scrollbar Scrollbar element class.
firefoxMultiplier number 50 Boost scrolling speed of Firefox on Windows.
touchMultiplier number 2 Mutiply touch action to scroll faster than finger movement.

Element attributes

Attribute Values Description
data-scroll Detect if in-view.
data-scroll-container Defines the scroll container. Required for basic styling.
data-scroll-section Defines a scrollable section. Splitting your page into sections may improve performance.
data-scroll-class string Element in-view class.
data-scroll-offset string Element in-view trigger offset : bottom,top
First value is bottom offset, second (optional) is top offset.
Percent is relative to viewport height, otherwise it's absolute pixels.
E.g. "10", "100,50%", "25%, 15%"
data-scroll-repeat true, false Element in-view detection repeat.
data-scroll-call string Element in-view trigger call event.
data-scroll-speed number Element parallax speed. A negative value will reverse the direction.
data-scroll-target string Target element's in-view position.
data-scroll-position top, bottom Window position of in-view trigger.
data-scroll-direction vertical, horizontal Element's parallax direction.
data-scroll-delay number Element's parallax lerp delay.
data-scroll-sticky Sticky element. Starts and stops at data-scroll-target position.

Instance methods

Method Description Arguments
init() Reinitializes the scroll.
on(eventName, function) Listen instance events ⬇.
update() Updates all element positions.
destroy() Destroys the scroll events.
start() Restarts the scroll events.
stop() Stops the scroll events.
scrollTo(target, offset) Scroll to an element. target: Defines where you want to scroll. Available values types are :
  • node : a dom element
  • string : you can type your own selector, or use values "top" and "bottom" to reach scroll boundaries
  • int : An absolute scroll coordinate in pixels
offset (optional) : A number that defines an offset from your target. E.g. -100 if you want to scroll 100 pixels above your target

Instance events

Event Arguments Description
scroll obj Returns scroll instance (position, limit, speed, direction).
call func Trigger if in-view. Returns your string or array if contains ,.

Dependencies

Name Description
Virtual Scroll Custom scroll event with inertia/momentum.
modularScroll Elements in viewport detection. Forked from it, not a dependency.

Browser support

Works on most modern browsers. Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge...

To get IE 11 support, you need polyfills. You can use your own or include these before our script.

<script nomodule src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/babel-polyfill/7.6.0/polyfill.min.js" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script nomodule src="https://polyfill.io/v3/polyfill.min.js?features=Object.assign%2CElement.prototype.append%2CNodeList.prototype.forEach%2CCustomEvent%2Csmoothscroll" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>

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