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Smoothscroll

smoothscroll is a browser compatibility library and JavaScript polyfill that provides uniform smooth scrolling behavior across different web browsers. It functions as a frontend animation utility that intercepts standard scroll commands and replaces them with custom animation logic to ensure consistent navigation transitions.

The library includes a runtime feature detection tool that identifies native browser support for scroll properties, preventing redundant execution in modern environments. It synchronizes page position updates with the browser display refresh rate to prevent visual stuttering and jitter.

The tool covers a range of capabilities including the implementation of scrolling polyfills for older browsers and the optimization of frontend performance to maintain visual consistency during web navigation.

Features

  • Smooth Scrolling - Provides a JavaScript polyfill that implements smooth scrolling for browsers lacking native CSS support.
  • Compatibility Libraries - Acts as a compatibility library that ensures uniform navigation transitions across different web browsers.
  • Refresh Rate Synchronization - Synchronizes scroll position updates with the browser display refresh rate to eliminate visual jitter.
  • Custom Animation Logic - Implements custom animation logic to replace abrupt jumps with smooth interpolated transitions during scrolling.
  • Native Scroll Interception - Intercepts native scroll commands to redirect them through a custom animation pipeline for consistent behavior.
  • Cross-Browser Scroll Normalization - Normalizes scrolling behavior and transitions across different browser engines for a consistent user experience.
  • Scrolling Performance Optimizations - Optimizes scrolling performance by aligning animations with display refresh rates to prevent stuttering.
  • Feature Detection Polyfills - Detects native CSS scroll support at runtime to apply polyfills only where necessary.

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Frequently asked questions

What does iamdustan/smoothscroll do?

smoothscroll is a browser compatibility library and JavaScript polyfill that provides uniform smooth scrolling behavior across different web browsers. It functions as a frontend animation utility that intercepts standard scroll commands and replaces them with custom animation logic to ensure consistent navigation transitions.

What are the main features of iamdustan/smoothscroll?

The main features of iamdustan/smoothscroll are: Smooth Scrolling, Compatibility Libraries, Refresh Rate Synchronization, Custom Animation Logic, Native Scroll Interception, Cross-Browser Scroll Normalization, Scrolling Performance Optimizations, Feature Detection Polyfills.

Which projects share features with iamdustan/smoothscroll?

Projects with overlapping indexed features include: cferdinandi/smooth-scroll — This JavaScript smooth scrolling library is a frontend utility and viewport motion controller designed to animate… ustbhuangyi/better-scroll — Better-scroll is a JavaScript scroll library and touch interaction engine designed to create high-performance… jquery/jquery-mousewheel — This is a jQuery plugin that acts as a cross-browser event normalizer for mouse wheel movement. It standardizes mouse… tholman/elevator.js — elevator.js is a lightweight JavaScript library that adds a playful, elevator-themed scroll-to-top button to a… fisshy/react-scroll — react-scroll is a library for managing smooth and immediate scrolling behavior between page elements in React… greensock/greensock-js — GreenSock-JS is a JavaScript animation library and framework designed for animating CSS properties, SVG attributes,…

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    16,489View on GitHub↗

    Better-scroll is a JavaScript scroll library and touch interaction engine designed to create high-performance scrollable areas in web browsers. It functions as a modular UI component framework that provides the foundation for building complex scrollable elements. The library is distinguished by a plugin-based architecture that allows the injection of custom methods and event hooks. This system enables the creation of specialized interface components such as carousel sliders, scrollable picker inputs, and draggable element systems. The project covers a wide range of mobile web interaction pat

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  • fisshy/react-scrollfisshy avatar

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    4,411View on GitHub↗

    react-scroll is a library for managing smooth and immediate scrolling behavior between page elements in React applications. It functions as a DOM scroll controller, providing a declarative API and a set of components to animate the viewport to specific target elements. The library enables custom scrolling by allowing the viewport to move to target elements through either instant jumps or animated transitions. It provides a system for integrating this scrolling logic into custom components using mixins to define specific movement triggers and targets. The project covers viewport navigation an

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  • jquery/jquery-mousewheeljquery avatar

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    This is a jQuery plugin that acts as a cross-browser event normalizer for mouse wheel movement. It standardizes mouse wheel event handling and scroll delta values across different web browsers to provide a predictable interface for web applications. The utility converts hardware-specific scroll increments into consistent whole-number values. This process resolves inconsistencies in how various browsers report movement, ensuring that scroll distance and input signals are unified into a single format. The project covers cross-browser scroll handling and web input standardization. It allows for

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