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Google horizontal scroll for desktop (ReactJS)
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| import { useEffect, useRef, useId } from "react"; | |
| const useHorizontalScroll = <RT extends HTMLElement>(scrollSpeed = 1) => { | |
| const ref = useRef<RT | null>(null); | |
| const scrollClassName = useId(); | |
| const grabbingClassName = useId(); | |
| const css = `.${scrollClassName}{overflow-x:auto;cursor:grab} | |
| .${grabbingClassName}{cursor:grabbing} | |
| .${scrollClassName} img{pointer-events:none} | |
| .${scrollClassName} *{user-select:none}`; | |
| useEffect(() => { | |
| const horizWrapper = ref?.current; | |
| if (horizWrapper) { | |
| horizWrapper.classList?.add(scrollClassName); | |
| const style = document.createElement("style"); | |
| style.textContent = css; | |
| horizWrapper.appendChild(style); | |
| let isDown = false; | |
| let startX: number; | |
| let scrollLeft: number; | |
| const mouseDown = (e: any) => { | |
| isDown = true; | |
| horizWrapper.classList?.add(grabbingClassName); | |
| startX = e.pageX - horizWrapper?.offsetLeft; | |
| scrollLeft = horizWrapper?.scrollLeft; | |
| }; | |
| horizWrapper.addEventListener("mousedown", mouseDown); | |
| const mouseLeave = () => { | |
| isDown = false; | |
| horizWrapper.classList?.remove(grabbingClassName); | |
| }; | |
| horizWrapper.addEventListener("mouseleave", mouseLeave); | |
| horizWrapper.addEventListener("mouseup", mouseLeave); | |
| const mouseMove = (e: any) => { | |
| if (!isDown) return; | |
| e.preventDefault(); | |
| const x = e.pageX - horizWrapper?.offsetLeft; | |
| const walk = (x - startX) * scrollSpeed; | |
| horizWrapper.scrollLeft = scrollLeft - walk; | |
| }; | |
| horizWrapper.addEventListener("mousemove", mouseMove); | |
| return () => { | |
| horizWrapper.removeEventListener("mousedown", mouseDown); | |
| horizWrapper.removeEventListener("mouseleave", mouseLeave); | |
| horizWrapper.removeEventListener("mouseup", mouseLeave); | |
| horizWrapper.removeEventListener("mousemove", mouseMove); | |
| }; | |
| } | |
| }, [scrollClassName, scrollSpeed]); | |
| return ref; | |
| }; | |
| export { useHorizontalScroll }; |
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