Description
React component using the Intersection Observer API for watching when an element is visible in the viewport.
Written in TypeScript using React Hooks and Context. No dependencies.
Install
with Yarn
yarn add react-visibility-observer
or with NPM
npm install --save react-visibility-observer
Usage
// Component.tsx
import VisibilityObserver from 'react-visibility-observer'
const Component: React.FC = () => (
<VisibilityObserver>
<ChildComponent />
</VisibilityObserver>
)
// ChildComponent.tsx
import { useVisibilityObserver } from 'react-visibility-observer'
const ChildComponent: React.FC = () => {
const { isVisible } = useVisibilityObserver()
return <div>{isVisible ? "I'm visible!" : "I'm hidden!"}</div>
}
Component
You can configure the VisibilityObserver
component by passing in the following props.
const Component: React.FC = () => (
<VisibilityObserver
className="myClass"
triggerOnce={true}
root={document.querySelector('#scrollArea')}
rootMargin="50px 50px 50px 50px"
threshold={0.2}
>
<ChildComponent />
</VisibilityObserver>
)
Prop | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
className |
string |
Custom class for the tracked div . Defaults to no class name. |
triggerOnce |
boolean |
Trigger observer only once when the element becomes available. Defaults to false . |
root |
Element or null
|
The element that is used as the viewport for checking visiblity of the target. Must be the ancestor of the target. Defaults to null which is the browser viewport. |
rootMargin |
string |
Margin around the root. Can have values similar to the CSS margin property, e.g. "10px 20px 30px 40px" (top, right, bottom, left). The values can be percentages. This set of values serves to grow or shrink each side of the root element's bounding box before computing intersections. Defaults to "0 0 0 0" . |
threshold |
number or number[]
|
Either a single number or an array of numbers which indicate at what percentage of the target's visibility the observer's callback should be executed. If you only want to detect when visibility passes the 50% mark, you can use a value of 0.5 . If you want the callback to run every time visibility passes another 25%, you would specify the array [0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1] . The default is 0 (meaning as soon as even one pixel is visible, the callback will be run). A value of 1.0 means that the threshold isn't considered passed until every pixel is visible. |
Hook
You can get info from the observer by using the useVisibilityObserver
hook in the child components.
const { isVisible, entries } = useVisibilityObserver()
Variable | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
isVisible
|
boolean |
Is the observed element in view. |
entries
|
IntersectionObserverEntry[] or undefined
|
Array of IntersectionObserverEntry objects being observed if available. |
Browser Support
Intersection Observer API is compatible with all modern browsers. If you need support for older browsers, use the polyfill by W3C.
Install the polyfill with Yarn
yarn add intersection-observer
or with NPM
npm install --save intersection-observer
and add to the top of your client's entry point
// Browser.tsx
import 'intersection-observer'
Contribute
Use GitHub issues and Pull Requests.