Document: scrollsnapchanging event

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The scrollsnapchanging event of the {{domxref("Document")}} interface is fired on the scroll container when the browser determines a new scroll snap target is pending, i.e., it will be selected when the current scroll gesture ends.

This event works in much the same way as the {{domxref("Element")}} interface's scrollsnapchanging event, except that the overall HTML document has to be set as the scroll snap container (i.e., {{cssxref("scroll-snap-type")}} is set on the {{htmlelement("html")}} element).

Syntax

Use the event name in {{domxref("EventTarget/addEventListener", "addEventListener()")}}:

addEventListener("scrollsnapchanging", (event) => { })

Alternatively, assign to the event handler property of the interface:

onscrollsnapchanging = (event) => { }

Event type

A {{domxref("SnapEvent")}}, which inherits from the generic {{domxref("Event")}} type.

Examples

Basic usage

Let's say we have a {{htmlelement("main")}} element containing significant content that causes it to scroll:

<main>
  <!-- Significant content -->
</main>

The <main> element can be turned into a scroll container using a combination of CSS properties, for example:

main {
  width: 250px;
  height: 450px;
  overflow: scroll;
}

We can then implement scroll snapping behavior on the scrolling content by specifying the {{cssxref("scroll-snap-type")}} property on the {{htmlelement("html")}} element:

html {
  scroll-snap-type: block mandatory;
}

The following JavaScript snippet would cause the scrollsnapchanging event to fire on the HTML document when a child of the <main> element becomes a pending snap target. In the handler function, we set a pending class on the child referenced by the {{domxref("SnapEvent.snapTargetBlock", "snapTargetBlock")}} property, which could be used to style it differently when the event fires.

document.addEventListener("scrollsnapchanging", (event) => {
  // remove previously-set "pending" classes
  const pendingElems = document.querySelectorAll(".pending");
  pendingElems.forEach((elem) => {
    elem.classList.remove("pending");
  });

  // Set current pending snap target class to "pending"
  event.snapTargetBlock.classList.add("pending");
});

At the start of the function, we select all elements that previously had the pending class applied and remove it, so that only the most recent pending snap target is styled.

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• {{domxref("Document/scrollsnapchange_event", "scrollsnapchange")}} event
• {{DOMxRef("Document/scrollend_event", "scrollend")}} event
• {{domxref("SnapEvent")}}
• CSS {{cssxref("scroll-snap-type")}} property
• CSS scroll snap module
• Using scroll snap events
• Scroll Snap Events on developer.chrome.com (2024)