Animated scrolling functionality for angular written in pure typescript with no additional dependencies
Features
- easy-to-use directive: scroll to an element referenced in the href-attribute
(
href="#mytarget
) just by addingpageScroll
directive - service usage: trigger scroll animations from your component or when server responds
- customizable: adjust duration, offset or whether scrolling stops if the user interrupts (read more)
- use custom easing functions to calculate the scroll position over time
- works across routes (scrolls to target element as soon as the routing has finished) and in both directions (horizontal/vertical)
Table of contents
Setup
First you need to install the npm module:
npm install ng2-page-scroll --save
Then add the Ng2PageScrollModule
to the imports array of your application module:
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To ensure there's only one instance of a PageScrollService (Singleton) it is recommended to add the PageScrollService to only one Injector, preferably the root injector of the application. You may read more about angular dependency injection hierarchy at their documentation.
Finally you need to specify how your application should load the ng2-page-scroll library:
Angular modules
All the compiled JavaScript files use ES2015 module format, so they are ready for usage with RollupJS. However, you cannot use them with SystemJS.
.metadata.json
files are generated for usage with Angular AoT compiler.
SystemJS
UMD bundles are available for SystemJS loading. Example:
System;
;
Usage
Directive
In your template you may add the pageScroll
attribute to elements with an href
attribute pointing towards an id on
the same page (e.g. #theId
). The onClick
event will be interrupted and the scroll animation starts.
Alternatively you may set the optional pageScrolllTarget
property to a valid css selector to specify the
target element to scroll to.
Service
You may use the service for more advanced scroll animations. Using the service you may trigger scroll animations on any custom event or more complex configuration. Possible use cases are server responses or after content initialization.
Start by obtaining a reference to the PageScrollService
instance by adding it to your component's
constructor. The PageScrollService
offers a start()
method to trigger PageScrollInstance
s.
A PageScrollInstance
is an object encapsulating all information relevant for performing a scroll animation.
You may create a new PageScrollInstance
by using the provided factory methods
PageScrollInstance#simpleInstance
and PageScrollInstance#newInstance
.
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The PageScrollInstance#newInstance
method takes a PageScrollOptions
object. Most attributes are the same as attributes for the directive. Refer to the sources for a detailed list of options.
Configuration
The class PageScrollConfig
offers static properties to be manipulated to
configure the default behavior. Override the respective properties to change
all page scroll-animation defaults.
Configuration Option | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
defaultScrollOffset |
number | 0 | Pixels to offset from the top of the element when scrolling to (positive value = scrolling will stop given pixels atop the target element). |
defaultIsVerticalScrolling |
boolean | true | Whether the scroll should happen to the target element in vertical direction (true , default) or horizontal (false ) |
defaultDuration |
number | 1250 | Duration in milliseconds the whole scroll-animation should last. |
defaultInterruptible |
boolean | true | Whether the scroll animation should stop if the user interferes with it (true ) or not (false ). |
defaultEasingLogic |
EasingLogic | linearEasing | Easing method to be used while calculating the scroll position over time (default is linear easing). |
Example
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Directive API
Additional attributes may be set on an DOM element using the pageScroll
directive for customization.
They take precedence over the default settings specified in PageScrollConfig
class. Thereby it is
possible to have all page scroll-animations last e.g. 2 seconds, but a specific one should be performed with a custom easing function and a duration
of only 1 second.
PageScroll properties
Attribute | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
pageScroll |
Attribute adding scroll-animation behavior when the click -event happens on the element. |
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pageScrollTarget |
string | Optional attribute to set the element that should be scrolled to. Takes precedence over the ´href´-value | |
pageScrollHorizontal |
boolean | false | Whether the scroll should happen in vertical direction (false , default) or horizontal (true ). |
pageScrollOffset |
number | 0 | Pixels to offset from the top of the element when scrolling to (positive value = scrolling will stop given pixels atop the target element). |
pageScrollDuration |
number | 1250 | Duration in milliseconds the whole scroll-animation should last. |
pageScrollSpeed |
number | - | Speed in Pixel/Second the animation should take. Only applied if no duration is set. |
pageScrollInterruptible |
boolean | true | Whether the scroll animation should stop if the user interferes with it (true ) or not (false ). |
pageScrollAdjustHash |
boolean | false | Whether the routes hash/fragment should be updated to reflect to section that has been scrolled to |
pageScrollEasing |
EasingLogic | linearEasing | Easing method to be used while calculating the scroll position over time (default is linear easing). |
PageScroll events
Event | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
pageScrollFinish |
boolean | Fired when the scroll-animation stops. Emits a boolean value which indicates whether the scroll animation finished successfully and reached its target (true ) or not (false ). Possible reasons for false: target not found or interrupted due to another scroll animation starting or user interaction. |
Example
The following example will check whether the route Home is currently loaded. If this is true, the scroll-animation will be performed with the default properties. If a different route is loaded, a subscription for route changes will be made and the scroll-animation will be performed as soon as the new route is loaded.
Go there
Overriding all possible properties. doSmth()
and myEasing
are
defined in the component
Visit
myEasing: EasingLogic =; doSmthreachedTarget: boolean: void
Example App
The demo subfolder contains a project created with angular-cli that has been adapted to showcase the functionality of ng2-page-scroll. Run the demo app by checking out that repository and execute the following command in the project root directory:
npm run demo
This will perform the following steps:
// Install the ng2-page-scroll project
npm install
// Change into the example website folder
cd demo/
// Uninstall the current ng2-page-scroll version
npm uninstall ng2-page-scroll
// Install the demo website's dependencies
npm install
// Run the server
ng serve
TODO:
- Test across browsers