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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