Explain Scroll events in JavaScript.



The scroll event in JavaScript is fired when the user interacts with a scrollbar by moving it up or down.

Following is the code for scroll events in JavaScript −

Example

 Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" /> <title>Document</title> <style>    body {       font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif;       height: 150vh; /*To have a scrollbar*/    }    .result{       font-size: 18px;       color: blueviolet;       font-weight: 500;    } </style> </head> <body> <h1>Scroll events in JavaScript</h1> <div class="result"></div> <h3>Scroll the scrollbar to see some text in the above paragraph</h3> <script>    let resEle = document.querySelector(".result");    window.addEventListener("scroll", () => {       resEle.innerHTML = "The scroll event has fired";    }); </script> </body> </html>

Output

On scrolling down a little −

Updated on: 2020-07-16T13:18:16+05:30

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