react-g-infinite-scroll

This package is an infinite scroll: component, hook or HOC. You choose!

Installation:

yarn add react-g-infinite-scroll

or

npm install --save react-g-infinite-scroll

Live demo:

http://gri.fo/react-g-infinite-scroll/storybook-static

How to:

Options:

Option	Default	Description
expectRef[1]	false	If this is false, the script will use the window scroll, but if you want to use the infinite scroll in a custom element, you should pass true, then you will receive a ref to add to the element
fetchMore[2]	-	The function that will be called when need to load the next page
ignoreScroll[3]	false	You should use this prop when the data is fetching or wether there is no more data to fetch. When ignoreScroll is true, the infinite scroll stops to watch the scroll
offset	0	The offset of the scroll to call the fetchMore

1. Keep in mind that if you want to use scroll in a custom element, instead the window, you need to add classes to activate the scroll (overflow: "auto | hidden" and a custom height)

2. Ensure that fetchMore changes only when needed to prevent unnecessary renders https://overreacted.io/a-complete-guide-to-useeffect/#but-i-cant-put-this-function-inside-an-effect

3. When the ignoreScroll is updated from true to false (normally after a fetch), it is a trigger to recalculate if needs a new fetch - This is to solve cases when the content do not fill whole space. Eg: If your content has 200px, but your container has 300px, then we need to fetch one more page

You have three ways to use the infinite scroll package: Hook, Component or HOC.

Hook

Code sample: https://github.com/grifo/react-g-infinite-scroll/tree/develop/stories/hook

How to use the hook with scroll in the window:

import React, { useCallback } from 'react'
import { useInfiniteScroll } from 'react-g-infinite-scroll'
 
const MyComponent = ({ isFetching }) => {
  const fetchMore = useCallback(() => {
    /* YOUR_FETCH_CODE_HERE */
  }, [/* YOUR_FETCH_DEPS_HERE */])
 
  useInfiniteScroll({
    fetchMore, // Shorthand to fetchMore: fetchMore
    ignoreScroll: isFetching,
    offset: 20
  })
 
  return /* CONTENT_HERE */
}

If you want to use the scroll in a custom element, you should pass the expectRef: true to the hook function and it will return a ref:

  const ref = useInfiniteScroll({
    expectRef: true,
    fetchMore,
    ignoreScroll: isFetching,
    offset: 20
  })
 
  return (
    <div ref={ref} className={/* SCROLL_STYLES */}>
      {/* CONTENT_HERE */}
    </div>
  )

Component

Code sample: https://github.com/grifo/react-g-infinite-scroll/tree/develop/stories/component

Notice: In the backstage it uses the hook

How to use the hook with scroll in the window:

import React, { useCallback } from 'react'
import { InfiniteScroll } from 'react-g-infinite-scroll'
 
const MyComponent = ({ isFetching }) => {
  const fetchMore = useCallback(() => {
    /* YOUR_FETCH_CODE_HERE */
  }, [/* YOUR_FETCH_DEPS_HERE */])
 
  return (
    <InfiniteScroll
      fetchMore={fetchMore}
      ignoreScroll={isFetching}
      offset={20}
    >
      {/* CONTENT_HERE */}
    </InfiniteScroll>
  )
}

If you want to use the scroll in a custom element, you should pass the prop expectRef as true to the component, then the children will be a render prop with the ref to add to your element:

import React, { useCallback } from 'react'
import { InfiniteScroll } from 'react-g-infinite-scroll'
 
const MyComponent = ({ isFetching }) => {
  const fetchMore = useCallback(() => {
    /* YOUR_FETCH_CODE_HERE */
  }, [/* YOUR_FETCH_DEPS_HERE */])
 
  return (
    <InfiniteScroll
      expectRef
      fetchMore={fetchMore}
      ignoreScroll={isFetching}
      offset={20}
    >
      {ref => (
        <div ref={ref} className={/* SCROLL_STYLES */}>
          {/* CONTENT_HERE */}
        </div>
      )}
    </InfiniteScroll>
  )
}

HOC

Code sample: https://github.com/grifo/react-g-infinite-scroll/tree/develop/stories/hoc

Notice: In the backstage it uses the hook

How to use the hook with scroll in the window:

import React from 'react'
import { withInfiniteScroll } from 'react-g-infinite-scroll'
 
const MyComponent = ({ myProps }) => (
  /* CONTENT_HERE */
)
 
export default withInfiniteScroll(MyComponent)

import React, { useCallback } from 'react'
import MyComponent from 'MyComponent'
 
const MyComponentWrapper = ({ isFetching }) => {
  const fetchMore = useCallback(() => {
    /* YOUR_FETCH_CODE_HERE */
  }, [/* YOUR_FETCH_DEPS_HERE */])
 
  return (
    <MyComponent
      infiniteScrollProps={{
        fetchMore,
        ignoreScroll: isFetching,
        offset: 20
      }}
      /* MY_PROPS_TO_MY_COMPONENT_HERE */
    />
  )
}

If you want to use the scroll in a custom element, you should pass the prop expectRef as true to the enhanced component. And your component will receive the ref with the forwardRef:

import React, { forwardRef } from 'react'
import { withInfiniteScroll } from 'react-g-infinite-scroll'
 
const MyComponent = forwardRef(({ myProps }, ref) => (
  <div ref={ref} className={/* SCROLL_STYLES */}>
    {/* CONTENT_HERE */}
  </div>
))
 
export default withInfiniteScroll(MyComponent)

import React, { useCallback } from 'react'
import MyComponent from 'MyComponent'
 
const MyComponentWrapper = ({ isFetching }) => {
  const fetchMore = useCallback(() => {
    /* YOUR_FETCH_CODE_HERE */
  }, [/* YOUR_FETCH_DEPS_HERE */])
 
  return (
    <MyComponent
      infiniteScrollProps={{
        expectRef: true,
        fetchMore,
        ignoreScroll: isFetching,
        offset: 20
      }}
      /* MY_PROPS_TO_MY_COMPONENT_HERE */
    />
  )
}