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Indicates when user makes swipe gesture on a trackpad or mouse wheel.
npm i -S wheel-indicator
or oldschool method:
<script src="wheel-indicator.js"></script>
var WheelIndicator = require('wheel-indicator'); // ← if you use build system
var indicator = new WheelIndicator({
elem: document.querySelector('.element'),
callback: function(e){
console.log(e.direction) // "up" or "down"
}
});
//The method call
indicator.getOption('preventMouse'); // true
Field | Type | Default value | Mutable (by setOptions() ) | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
elem | Object (dom node) | document | No | DOM node to listen wheel event on. |
callback | Function | - | Yes | The callback, which will be triggered on gesture. Gets for the first argument a native wheel event object, extended by direction property, taking value 'up' or 'down' . |
preventMouse | Bool | true | Yes | Disables mouse wheel working. In other words applies preventDefault() to wheel event. |
Method | Description |
---|---|
turnOff() | Turns off callback triggering. |
turnOn() | Turns on callback trigerring. |
setOptions(options) | Sets the mutable options. The only argument must be Object . |
getOption('option') | Returns option value. The only argument must be String . |
destroy() | Removes event listener. |
FAQs
normalizes an inertial mousewheel
The npm package wheel-indicator receives a total of 303 weekly downloads. As such, wheel-indicator popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that wheel-indicator demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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