A React Hook to Build an Active Scrolling Menu Navigation

react-active-menu

A React hook to build an active scrolling menu navigation.

Installation

npm i react-active-menu

Getting Started

Initialize hook:

const {
  activeId,
  registerContainer,
  registerSection,
  registerTrigger,
} = useActiveMenu();

Register triggers with unique IDs:

<button ref={registerTrigger('section-1')}>
  Section 1
</button>

Register sections with unique IDs:

<section ref={registerSection('section-1')}>
  <h2>Section 2</h2>
  <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.</p>
</section>

Register scrollable container:

<div ref={registerContainer}>
  <section ref={registerSection('section-1')}>
    <h2>Section 2</h2>
    <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.</p>
  </section>
  <section ref={registerSection('section-1')}>
    <h2>Section 2</h2>
    <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.</p>
  </section>
</div>

API

const {
  activeId,
  registerContainer,
  registerSection,
  registerTrigger,
} = useActiveMenu({
  activeClassName,
  offset,
  smooth,
});

Options

Key	Type	Default	Description
activeClassName	string	'active'	Specifies the className that gets added to the active trigger.
offset	number	0	Specifies the threshold distance (px) from the container top where the active section detection gets triggered.
smooth	boolean	false	Specifies whether scrolling to each section should animate smoothly or not when a trigger is clicked.

Demos

Without Container

Edit react-active-menu / Full Screen

With Container

Edit react-active-menu / Containerized

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1900645/176918185-0fbf7484-f703-416f-8a32-fb624b3ea428.mp4

Author: coreyleelarson
Source code: https://github.com/coreyleelarson/react-active-menu

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Required Fields

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