wheel gestures and momentum detection in the browser
Install wheel-gestures using your package manager:
yarn add wheel-gestures # OR npm install wheel-gesturesImport and create an instance of WheelGestures and then add the element you want to observe.
import { WheelGestures } from 'wheel-gestures'
// create an instance per element
const wheelGestures = WheelGestures()
// find and observe the element the user can interact with
const element = window.document.querySelector('.slider')
wheelGestures.observe(element)
// add your event callback
wheelGestures.on('wheel', (wheelEventState) => {
//...
})There are options to customize the behaviour.
This is the TypeScript type of the WheelEventState object provided. Even if you do not use TypeScript, this might be helpful to see how the data is provided:
export type VectorXYZ = [number, number, number]
export interface WheelEventState {
isStart: boolean
isMomentum: boolean
isEnding: boolean
isMomentumCancel: boolean
axisDelta: VectorXYZ
axisVelocity: VectorXYZ
axisMovement: VectorXYZ
axisMovementProjection: VectorXYZ
event: WheelEvent | WheelEventData
previous?: WheelEventState
}Read more in the docs.
OS & Browsers
- Mac OS (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge), Magic Mouse, Magic Trackpad
- Windows (Chrome, Firefox, Edge), Microsoft Precision Touchpads
Other people also thought that it might be helpful for some interactions to be able to distinguish between user initiated wheel events and the ones that are triggered by inertia scroll, but none of the other known libraries delivered results in the precision I needed, so I developed my own solution. Honourable mentions:
