So I am trying to use the JavaScript on scroll to call a function. But I wanted to know if I could detect the direction of the the scroll without using jQuery. If not then are there any workarounds?
I was thinking of just putting a 'to top' button but would like to avoid that if I could.
I have now just tried using this code but it didn't work:
if document.body.scrollTop <= 0 {
alert ("scrolling down")
} else {
alert ("scrolling up")
}
It can be detected by storing the previous scrollTop value and comparing the current scrollTop value with it.
JavaScript :
var lastScrollTop = 0;
// element should be replaced with the actual target element on which you have applied scroll, use window in case of no target element.
element.addEventListener("scroll", function(){ // or window.addEventListener("scroll"....
var st = window.pageYOffset || document.documentElement.scrollTop; // Credits: "https://github.com/qeremy/so/blob/master/so.dom.js#L426"
if (st > lastScrollTop) {
// downscroll code
} else if (st < lastScrollTop) {
// upscroll code
} // else was horizontal scroll
lastScrollTop = st <= 0 ? 0 : st; // For Mobile or negative scrolling
}, false);
Simple way to catch all scroll events (touch and wheel)
window.onscroll = function(e) {
// print "false" if direction is down and "true" if up
console.log(this.oldScroll > this.scrollY);
this.oldScroll = this.scrollY;
}
Use this to find the scroll direction. This is only to find the direction of the Vertical Scroll. Supports all cross browsers.
var scrollableElement = document.body; //document.getElementById('scrollableElement');
scrollableElement.addEventListener('wheel', checkScrollDirection);
function checkScrollDirection(event) {
if (checkScrollDirectionIsUp(event)) {
console.log('UP');
} else {
console.log('Down');
}
}
function checkScrollDirectionIsUp(event) {
if (event.wheelDelta) {
return event.wheelDelta > 0;
}
return event.deltaY < 0;
}
Example
You can try doing this.
function scrollDetect(){
var lastScroll = 0;
window.onscroll = function() {
let currentScroll = document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.body.scrollTop; // Get Current Scroll Value
if (currentScroll > 0 && lastScroll <= currentScroll){
lastScroll = currentScroll;
document.getElementById("scrollLoc").innerHTML = "Scrolling DOWN";
}else{
lastScroll = currentScroll;
document.getElementById("scrollLoc").innerHTML = "Scrolling UP";
}
};
}
scrollDetect();
html,body{
height:100%;
width:100%;
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
.cont{
height:100%;
width:100%;
}
.item{
margin:0;
padding:0;
height:100%;
width:100%;
background: #ffad33;
}
.red{
background: red;
}
p{
position:fixed;
font-size:25px;
top:5%;
left:5%;
}
<div class="cont">
<div class="item"></div>
<div class="item red"></div>
<p id="scrollLoc">0</p>
</div>
Initialize an oldValue
Get the newValue by listening to the event
Subtract the two
Conclude from the result
Update oldValue with the newValue
// Initialization
let oldValue = 0;
//Listening on the event
window.addEventListener('scroll', function(e){
// Get the new Value
newValue = window.pageYOffset;
//Subtract the two and conclude
if(oldValue - newValue < 0){
console.log("Up");
} else if(oldValue - newValue > 0){
console.log("Down");
}
// Update the old value
oldValue = newValue;
});
This is an addition to what prateek has answered.There seems to be a glitch in the code in IE so i decided to modify it a bit nothing fancy(just another condition)
$('document').ready(function() {
var lastScrollTop = 0;
$(window).scroll(function(event){
var st = $(this).scrollTop();
if (st > lastScrollTop){
console.log("down")
}
else if(st == lastScrollTop)
{
//do nothing
//In IE this is an important condition because there seems to be some instances where the last scrollTop is equal to the new one
}
else {
console.log("up")
}
lastScrollTop = st;
});});
While the accepted answer works, it is worth noting that this will fire at a high rate. This can cause performance issues for computationally expensive operations.
The recommendation from MDN is to throttle the events. Below is a modification of their sample, enhanced to detect scroll direction.
Modified from: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document/scroll_event
// ## function declaration
function scrollEventThrottle(fn) {
let last_known_scroll_position = 0;
let ticking = false;
window.addEventListener("scroll", function () {
let previous_known_scroll_position = last_known_scroll_position;
last_known_scroll_position = window.scrollY;
if (!ticking) {
window.requestAnimationFrame(function () {
fn(last_known_scroll_position, previous_known_scroll_position);
ticking = false;
});
ticking = true;
}
});
}
// ## function invocation
scrollEventThrottle((scrollPos, previousScrollPos) => {
if (previousScrollPos > scrollPos) {
console.log("going up");
} else {
console.log("going down");
}
});
This simple code would work: Check the console for results.
let scroll_position = 0;
let scroll_direction;
window.addEventListener('scroll', function(e){
scroll_direction = (document.body.getBoundingClientRect()).top > scroll_position ? 'up' : 'down';
scroll_position = (document.body.getBoundingClientRect()).top;
console.log(scroll_direction);
});
You can get the scrollbar position using document.documentElement.scrollTop. And then it is simply matter of comparing it to the previous position.
If anyone looking to achieve it with React hooks
const [scrollStatus, setScrollStatus] = useState({
scrollDirection: null,
scrollPos: 0,
});
useEffect(() => {
window.addEventListener("scroll", handleScrollDocument);
return () => window.removeEventListener("scroll", handleScrollDocument);
}, []);
function handleScrollDocument() {
setScrollStatus((prev) => { // to get 'previous' value of state
return {
scrollDirection:
document.body.getBoundingClientRect().top > prev.scrollPos
? "up"
: "down",
scrollPos: document.body.getBoundingClientRect().top,
};
});
}
console.log(scrollStatus.scrollDirection)
I personally use this code to detect scroll direction in javascript...
Just you have to define a variable to store lastscrollvalue and then use this if&else
let lastscrollvalue;
function headeronscroll() {
// document on which scroll event will occur
var a = document.querySelector('.refcontainer');
if (lastscrollvalue == undefined) {
lastscrollvalue = a.scrollTop;
// sets lastscrollvalue
} else if (a.scrollTop > lastscrollvalue) {
// downscroll rules will be here
lastscrollvalue = a.scrollTop;
} else if (a.scrollTop < lastscrollvalue) {
// upscroll rules will be here
lastscrollvalue = a.scrollTop;
}
}
Modifying Prateek's answer, if there is no change in lastScrollTop, then it would be a horizontal scroll (with overflow in the x direction, can be used by using horizontal scrollbars with a mouse or using scrollwheel + shift.
const containerElm = document.getElementById("container");
let lastScrollTop = containerElm.scrollTop;
containerElm.addEventListener("scroll", (evt) => {
const st = containerElm.scrollTop;
if (st > lastScrollTop) {
console.log("down scroll");
} else if (st < lastScrollTop) {
console.log("up scroll");
} else {
console.log("horizontal scroll");
}
lastScrollTop = Math.max(st, 0); // For mobile or negative scrolling
});
This seems to be working fine.
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
var scrollDirectionDown;
scrollDirectionDown = true;
window.addEventListener('scroll', () => {
if (this.oldScroll > this.scrollY) {
scrollDirectionDown = false;
} else {
scrollDirectionDown = true;
}
this.oldScroll = this.scrollY;
// test
if (scrollDirectionDown) {
console.log('scrolling down');
} else {
console.log('scrolling up');
}
});
});
Sometimes there are inconsistencies in scrolling behavior which does not properly update the scrollTop attribute of an element. It would be safer to put some threshold value before deciding the scroll direction.
let lastScroll = 0
let threshold = 10 // must scroll by 10 units to know the direction of scrolling
element.addEventListener("scroll", () => {
let newScroll = element.scrollTop
if (newScroll - lastScroll > threshold) {
// "up" code here
} else if (newScroll - lastScroll < -threshold) {
// "down" code here
}
lastScroll = newScroll
})
let arrayScroll = [];
window.addEventListener('scroll', ()=>{
arrayScroll.splice(1); //deleting unnecessary data so that array does not get too big
arrayScroll.unshift(Math.round(window.scrollY));
if(arrayScroll[0] > arrayScroll[1]){
console.log('scrolling down');
} else{
console.log('scrolling up');
}
})
I have self-made the above solution. I am not sure if this solution may cause any considerable performance issue comparing other solutions as I have just started learning JS and not yet have completed my begginer course. Any suggestion or advice from experienced coder is highly appriciated. ThankYou!
Anyone could guide me to write Jquery noConflict for the below two different functions please? One function is for sticky header & another one is for search pop-up.
Header:-
var didScroll;
var lastScrollTop = 0;
var delta = 5;
var navbarHeight = $('header').outerHeight();
$(window).scroll(function(event){
didScroll = true;
});
setInterval(function() {
if (didScroll) {
hasScrolled();
didScroll = false;
}
}, 250);
function hasScrolled() {
var st = $(this).scrollTop();
// Make sure they scroll more than delta
if(Math.abs(lastScrollTop - st) <= delta)
return;
// If they scrolled down and are past the navbar, add class .nav-up.
// This is necessary so you never see what is "behind" the navbar.
if (st > lastScrollTop && st > navbarHeight){
// Scroll Down
$('.header').removeClass('nav-down').addClass('nav-up');
} else {
// Scroll Up
if(st + $(window).height() < $(document).height()) {
$('.header').removeClass('nav-up').addClass('nav-down');
}
}
lastScrollTop = st;
}
Search:-
function openSearch() {
$("#myOverlay").fadeIn(); // "500" is not required. "400" is the default value
}
function closeSearch() {
$("#myOverlay").fadeOut(); // "500" is not required. ""400 is the default value
}
Here is a link to a fiddle I was looking at which does exactly what i'm looking for:
https://jsfiddle.net/mariusc23/s6mLJ/31/
Upon attempting to apply this for my own purposes I realized that it was not working at all. I came to the conclusion that it was the version I was using causing it not to work..
Not really a javascript/ jquery buff so I was wondering what precisely in this script causing it to not work with jquery 3.0.0-rc1 but instead with the older version jquery 1.10.2
// Hide Header on on scroll down
var didScroll;
var lastScrollTop = 0;
var delta = 5;
var navbarHeight = $('header').outerHeight();
$(window).scroll(function(event){
didScroll = true;
});
setInterval(function() {
if (didScroll) {
hasScrolled();
didScroll = false;
}
}, 250);
function hasScrolled() {
var st = $(this).scrollTop();
// Make sure they scroll more than delta
if(Math.abs(lastScrollTop - st) <= delta)
return;
// If they scrolled down and are past the navbar, add class .nav-up.
// This is necessary so you never see what is "behind" the navbar.
if (st > lastScrollTop && st > navbarHeight){
// Scroll Down
$('header').removeClass('nav-down').addClass('nav-up');
} else {
// Scroll Up
if(st + $(window).height() < $(document).height()) {
$('header').removeClass('nav-up').addClass('nav-down');
}
}
lastScrollTop = st;
}
I want to call function when my count is 1 and stop function and when count is 2 want to call another function. My issue is when scroll down just little count becomes 1. if i scroll fast my functions are called but it just called faster.
I have following code.
var lastScrollTop = 0;
var count = 0;
$(window).scroll(function(event){
var st = $(this).scrollTop();
if (st > lastScrollTop){
console.log('down scroll');
$(".first_jump").css('background-image', "url('img/bulb2.jpg')");
count++;
console.log(count);
if (count == 1){
//alert('now');
$( window ).scrollTop(0);
return false;
}
else if (count == 2){
$('html, body').animate({
scrollTop: $("#home_main").offset().top
}, 1000);
return false;
}
} else {
console.log('uop scroll')
}
lastScrollTop = st;
});
How can I edit this to run only once after user scroll up:
(function () {
var previousScroll = 0;
$(window).scroll(function(){
var currentScroll = $(this).scrollTop();
if (currentScroll < previousScroll){
alert('up');
}
previousScroll = currentScroll;
});
}()); //run this anonymous function immediately
if you want the user to be notified only once, then you could just use a boolean to keep track whether the notice is done.
(function () {
var previousScroll = 0;
var isAlerted = false;
$(window).scroll(function(){
if(isAlerted) return;
var currentScroll = $(this).scrollTop();
if (currentScroll < previousScroll){
console.log('up');
isAlerted = true;
}
previousScroll = currentScroll;
});
})();
Also note the change in the last line. Use the self-executing anonymous function properly as
(function(){})();