useInView

useInView is a tiny (0.6kb) hook that detects when the provided element is within the viewport. It can be used with any React element.

const ref = useRef(null)
const isInView = useInView(ref)

return <div ref={ref} />

Usage

Import useInView from Motion:

import { useInView } from "motion/react"

useInView can track the visibility of any HTML element. Pass a ref object to both useInView and the HTML element.

function Component() {
  const ref = useRef(null)
  const isInView = useInView(ref)

  return <div ref={ref} />
}

While the element is outside the viewport, useInView will return false. When it moves inside the view, it'll re-render the component and return true.

Effects

useInView is vanilla React state, so firing functions when isInView changes is a matter of passing it to a useEffect.

useEffect(() => {
  console.log("Element is in view: ", isInView)
}, [isInView])

Options

useInView can accept options to define how the element is tracked within the viewport.

const isInView = useInView(ref, { once: true })

root

By default, useInView will track the visibility of an element as it enters/leaves the window viewport. Set root to be the ref of a scrollable parent, and it'll use that element to be the viewport instead.

function Carousel() {
  const container = useRef(null)
  const ref = useRef(null)
  const isInView = useInView({ root: container })
  
  return (
    <div ref={container} style={{ overflow: "scroll" }}>
      <div ref={ref} />
    </div>
  )
}

margin

Default: "0px"

A margin to add to the viewport to change the detection area. Use multiple values to adjust top/right/bottom/left, e.g. "0px -20px 0px 100px".

const isInView = useInView({
  margin: "0px 100px -50px 0px"
})

]Note: For browser security reasons, margin won't take affect within cross-origin iframes unless root is explicitly defined.

once

Default: false

If true, once an element is in view, useInView will stop observing the element and always return true.

const isInView = useInView(ref, { once: true })

initial

Default: false

Set an initial value to return until the element has been measured.

const isInView = useInView(ref, { initial: true })

amount

Default: "some"

The amount of an element that should enter the viewport to be considered "entered". Either "some", "all" or a number between 0 and 1.

Example