vanilla js detect scroll direction code example
Example: scroll down up js
var lastScrollTop = 0;
// element should be replaced with the actual target element on which you have applied scroll, use window in case of no target element.
element.addEventListener("scroll", function(){ // or window.addEventListener("scroll"....
var st = window.pageYOffset || document.documentElement.scrollTop; // Credits: "https://github.com/qeremy/so/blob/master/so.dom.js#L426"
if (st > lastScrollTop){
// downscroll code
} else {
// upscroll code
}
lastScrollTop = st <= 0 ? 0 : st; // For Mobile or negative scrolling
}, false);