Slide Gesture

This library that allows you to easly implement a sliding gesture on an element by using pointer events

Demo

https://nicufarmache.github.io/slide-gesture/example/

Usage/Examples

Initialization

import { SlideGesture } from '@nicufarmache/slide-gesture'

const slideGesture = new SlideGesture(
    el, // emelement to track
    handler, // event handler 
    { 
      touchActions: 'pan-y', // allow only vertical scrolling
      stopScrollDirection: 'horizontal' // prevent scrolling after horizontal sliding starts
    }
);

Start listening

slideGesture.addListeners();

Event Handler

function handler(
  evt, // pointer event
  extra // extra info
) {
  console.log(evt.type) // event type (pointerdown, pointermove, etc)

  console.log(evt.pageX) // pointer position reltive to page
  console.log(evt.pageY) // pointer position reltive to page

  console.log(extra.startX) // pointer position at the begining of the slide
  console.log(extra.startY) // pointer position at the begining of the slide

  console.log(extra.relativeX) // pointer position difference since sliding began
  console.log(extra.relativeY) // pointer position difference since sliding began

  console.log(extra.totalX) // sum of position differences since initialisation
  console.log(extra.totalY) // sum of position differences since initialisation
}

Example:

import { SlideGesture } from '@nicufarmache/slide-gesture'

document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", ()=>{
  const el = document.getElementById("el"); // element you want

  const handler = (evt, extra) => {

    if (evt.type === 'pointerdown') {
      console.log('Started sliding!')
    }

    if (evt.type === 'pointermove') {
        console.log('Sliding!')
    }
  
    if (evt.type === 'pointerup') {
      console.log('Stopped sliding!')
    }

    if (evt.type === 'pointercancel') {
      console.log('Caneled sliding!')
    }

    el.style.transform =`translate(${extra.totalX}px, 0px)`; // move element 
  };

  const slideGesture = new SlideGesture(el, handler, { 
    touchActions: 'pan-y', // allow only vertical scrolling
    stopScrollDirection: 'horizontal' // prevent scrolling after horizontal sliding starts
  });

});