intersecta

intersecta js

Add an animation effect on a DOM element triggered by scrolling using only JavaScript.

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No external libs only WebAPI. It is supported on most modern browsers. However, for more detailed browser compatibility check:

• Intersection Observer
• Element Animation

Content

1. Getting started
2. Options
3. Animations
4. Easing
5. Custom animation
6. Events

Getting started

Install

npm install --save intersecta
yarn add intersecta

Start

Import intersecta to your file

import intersecta from "intersecta"

Just start intersecta initializing it with your options object. It only requires the CSS selector for the element you want to animate on scroll.

intersecta({
  selector: '.item'
});

Add whichever options you want to customize it.

intersecta({
  selector: '.item',
  once: false,
  animation: 'fadeOut',
});

Stop

Initializing intersecta returns a stop method to remove the observer on all the elements it tracks any time you want.

const trackItems = intersecta({
  selector: '.item',
  once: false,
  animation: 'fadeOut',
});

trackItems.stop();

Options

Name	Type	Default	Description
selector	string	null	Required. CSS selector for the observed element.
threshold	number	1	A number between 0.0 and 1.0, specifying a ratio of intersection area to total bounding box area to trigger the event.
animation	string	"fadeIn"	Name of the animation, choose one among the options or use the custom option.
duration	number	1000	Number of milliseconds the animation takes to complete.
delay	number	0	Number of milliseconds to delay the start of the animation.
easing	string	"linear"	Rate of the animation's change over time.
once	boolean	true	Allows animation to be reapeated everytime the element enters. Can't be used with animations that can cause a duplicate enter trigger, like: slideDown, slideUp or zoomIn.
waterfall	boolean	false	When selector applies to many elements, it allows a waterfall delay set by delay option. If no delay is set, it will default to 100ms increase.
custom	object	null	Use any animation you want using this option. It will override the animation option. Check docs for valid options.

Animations

• fadeIn
• fadeOut
• zoomIn
• zoomOut
• slideDown
• slideUp
• slideLeft
• slideRight
• flipLeft
• flipRight

Easing

Accepts the pre-defined values:

• "linear"
• "ease"
• "ease-in"
• "ease-out"
• "ease-in-out"

Or a custom "cubic-bezier" value like:

• "cubic-bezier(0.42, 0, 0.58, 1)"

Custom animation

Use the custom option to pass the frames of any animations you want. It will override the animation option, giving priority your customized animation.

It can be as easy as an array of objects with CSS properties.

const customFrames = [ 
  { // from
    opacity: 0,
    color: "#fff"
  }, 
  { // to
    opacity: 1,
​   color: "#ff6347"
  }
];

intersecta({
  selector: '.item',
  once: false,
  custom: customFrames,
});

Check more valid keyframe formats here.

Events

Two events are added to the elements that intersecta observes:

• intersecta:in - When element enters.
• intersecta:out - When element exits. You can add any callback you want.

const element = document.querySelector('.item');

// event for when element enters
element.addEventListener('intersecta:in', () => {
  // your code here
});