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Loco(native) Scroll

Detection of elements in viewport & smooth native scrolling.
The great locomotive-scroll without Smooth Class, merged with Lenis by Studio Freight to optimize the scrolling experience and keep native scrolling. I decided to merge the best of (for me) 2 great librairies for scrolling experiences.

No more Smooth Class = no more hikacking of the scroll.

Why locomotive-scroll as base ?

Great managment and detections of everything linked to the scroll. See more.

• In view class on scoped elements
• JS callback to call everything you want when an element is in the viewport
• Get the progress from the bottom to the top of each current elements (currently in the viewport)
• Choose if the detection is repeatable or not
• Context managment to set different options on tablet, mobile and desktop

Why add Lenis by Studio Freight ?

Native smooth scrolling without scroll hijacking. See more.

• Performant
• Native scrolling
• Lightweight
• Great for accessibility

Installation

npm install https://github.com/quentinhocde/loconative-scroll

Usage

CSS

Add the base styles to your CSS file.

loconative-scroll.css

Basic

With simple detection, when your element will enter in the viewport, the in-view class will be added.

HTML

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

JS

With a bundler

import LoconativeScroll from 'loconative-scroll';

const scroll = new LoconativeScroll();

Or without

<script src="loconative-scroll.min.js"></script>
<script>
    (function () {
        var scroll = new LoconativeScroll();
    })();
</script>

Get the JS file.

Smooth

With smooth scrolling.

import LoconativeScroll from 'loconative-scroll';

const scroll = new LoconativeScroll({
    smooth: true
});

Advanced

Make it do what you want.

With methods

<section id="js-target">Come here please.</section>

import LoconativeScroll from 'loconative-scroll';

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

scroll.scrollTo(target);

DOM data-attributes shortcuts

<a href="#mySection" data-scroll-to>Go to my section</a> 

With events

<!-- Using modularJS -->
<div data-scroll data-scroll-call="function, module, moduleID">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 LoconativeScroll from 'loconative-scroll';

const scroll = new LoconativeScroll();

scroll.on('call', (func, way, obj) => {
    
    // func = [function, module, moduleID]
    // way = 'enter' or 'leave'
    // obj = JS object from loconative-scroll

});

Instance options

Option	Type	Default	Description
el	DOMElement	document	Scroll container
wrapper	DOMElement	window	Scroll wrapper, important to add a custom wrapper if you want multiple loconative-scroll in a page. The mousewheel event will be catch on it
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	true	Native smooth scrolling.
initPosition	object	{ x: 0, y: 0 }	An object defining the initial scroll coordinates on a smooth instance. For example: { x: 0, y: 1000 }
direction	string	vertical	Scroll direction: vertical or horizontal
gestureDirection	string	vertical	Your gesture direction on your trackpad/magic mouse or your touch devices. vertical or horizontal
duration	number	1.2
easing	function	(t) => (t === 1 ? 1 : 1 - Math.pow(2, -10 * t))	https://easings.net
scrollToEasing	function	(t) => (t === 1 ? 1 : 1 - Math.pow(2, -10 * t))	https://easings.net
class	string	is-inview	Element in-view class.
initClass	string	has-scroll-init	Initialize class.
scrollingClass	string	has-scroll-scrolling	Is scrolling class.
smoothClass	string	has-scroll-smooth	Has smooth scrolling class.
multiplier	number	1	Factor applied to the scroll delta, allowing to boost/reduce scrolling speed (regardless of the platform).
firefoxMultiplier	number	50	Boost scrolling speed of Firefox on Windows.
touchMultiplier	number	3	Multiply touch action to scroll faster than finger movement.
scrollFromAnywhere	boolean	false	By default loconative-scroll listens for scroll events only on the scroll container (el option). With this option set to true, it listens on the whole document instead.
tablet & smartphone	object		Object allowing to override some options for a particular context. You can specify: smooth direction gestureDirection For tablet context you can also define breakpoint (integer, defaults to 1190) to set the max-width breakpoint for tablets.
reloadOnContextChange	boolean	false	Allows to reload the page when switching between desktop, tablet and smartphone contexts. It can be useful if your page changes a lot between contexts and you want to reset everything.
resetNativeScroll	boolean	true	Sets history.scrollRestoration = 'manual' and calls window.scrollTo(0, 0) on loconative-scroll init in Native Class. Useful if you use transitions with native scrolling, otherwise we advise to set it to false if you don't want to break History API's scroll restoration feature.

Element attributes

Attribute	Values	Description
data-scroll		Detect if in-view.
data-scroll-id	string	(Optional) Useful if you want to scope your element and get the progress of your element in the viewport for example.
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	boolean	Element in-view detection repeat.
data-scroll-call	string	Element in-view trigger call event.
data-scroll-position	string	top, bottom, left or right Window position of in-view trigger.
data-scroll-speed	number	Element parallax speed. A negative value will reverse the direction.
data-scroll-direction	string	Element's parallax direction. vertical or horizontal
data-scroll-sticky		Deprecated Have fun and use position: sticky
data-scroll-target	string	Target element's in-view 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, options)	Scroll to a target.	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 options (optional, object) : Settings object. Available values are: offset (integer) : Defines an offset from your target. E.g. -100 if you want to scroll 100 pixels above your target duration (integer) : Defines the duration of the scroll animation in seconds. immediate (boolean)

Instance events

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

Progressive playing animations example (like gsap)

All data-scroll elements have a progress value. In the on scroll event you can get all current in-view elements.

HTML

<h1 data-scroll data-scroll-id="hey">Hey</h1>

JS

scroll.on('scroll', (args) => {
    // Get all current elements : args.currentElements
    if(typeof args.currentElements['hey'] === 'object') {
        let progress = args.currentElements['hey'].progress;
        console.log(progress);
        // ouput log example: 0.34
        // gsap example : myGsapAnimation.progress(progress);
    }
});

How to switch from locomotive-scroll to loconative-scroll

⚠️ Disclaimer ⚠️
locomotive-scroll has more 37k+ downloads per month so it's impossible to manage every cases. Due to the update of the scroll system (from container translate to a native scroll) the switch will not be really seamless.
If you have multiple loconative-scroll instances in a page, don't forget to add wrapper option to catch the mousewheel on it and not on the window. Let every data-attributes and options as is. You can try to switch your projet on loconative-scroll with these following steps

npm install https://github.com/quentinhocde/loconative-scroll --save

In your Javascript, replace LocomotiveScroll instance and imports

import LoconativeScroll from 'loconative-scroll';

const scroll = new LoconativeScroll();

Make sure you remove all LS related CSS on <html> and <body>, and update your CSS :

html {
    scroll-behavior: initial;
}

html,
body {
    width: 100%;
    min-height: 100%;
}

Dependencies

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

Browser support

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

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