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	⚠️ Deprecated, use option lerp instead
lerp	number	0.1	Linear interpolation (lerp) intensity. Float between 0 and 1. This defines the "smoothness" intensity. The closer to 0, the smoother.
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.
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	2	Mutiply touch action to scroll faster than finger movement.
scrollFromAnywhere	boolean	false	(smooth only) By default locomotive-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.

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, duration, easing, disableLerp, callback)	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) : An integer that defines an offset from your target. E.g. -100 if you want to scroll 100 pixels above your target duration (optional, smooth only) : An integer defining the duration of the scroll animation in milliseconds. Defaults to 1000 easing (optional, smooth only) : An array of 4 floats between 0 and 1 defining the bezier curve for the animation's easing. Defaults to [0.25, 0.00, 0.35, 1.00] See http://greweb.me/bezier-easing-editor/example/ Keep in mind this will also be affected by the lerp unless you set disableLerp to true. disableLerp (optional, smooth only) : Lerp effect won't be applied if set to true callback (optional) : function called when scrollTo completes (note that it won't wait for lerp to stabilize)

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.
bezier-easing	Improve scrollTo system and add duration & easing parameters

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>

Who's using Locomotive Scroll?

• thierrychopain.com
• clmt.paris
• miragefestival.com/2020
• mazellier.design
• ccccontemple.com
• abhishekjha.me/muteza
• normal.studio
• mixlegno.com
• nfq.group
• works.studio
• beangels.eu
• izakaya-caen.fr
• white-elephant.fr
• henge07.com
• loirevalleylodges.com

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