react-native-scroll-to-child

Programmatically scroll a React Native ScrollView's child into view, either vertically, horizontally, or both.

Note

Why a hard-fork? The original project is not actively maintained, and I needed to add support for horizontal scrolling. This fork also aims to improve code readability and modernization. If you find this package useful, please consider starring the original repository as well!

Installation

pnpm install react-native-scroll-to-child

Features

• Declarative Component API: Use the <ScrollIntoView /> component for a straightforward approach.
• Imperative Hook API: Access useScrollIntoView() for more complex, event-driven scrolling.
• Highly Configurable: Customize scroll behavior at multiple levels.
• Alignment Modes: Control where the element aligns within the ScrollView (auto, start, end, center).
• Insets: Add top and bottom insets to prevent elements from touching the ScrollView edges.
• Horizontal & Vertical: Works for both vertical and horizontal ScrollViews.
• TypeScript Support: Fully typed for a better development experience.
• Composition Friendly: Supports Animated.ScrollView, react-native-keyboard-aware-scroll-view, and other ScrollView wrappers.

Examples

Declarative Component

This is the simplest way to use the library. Wrap the child you want to scroll to in the ScrollIntoView component and control its state with a boolean.

import { View, Text, ScrollView, Button } from 'react-native';
import { wrapScrollView, ScrollIntoView } from 'react-native-scroll-to-child';
import { useState } from 'react';

const CustomScrollView = wrapScrollView(ScrollView);

function MyScreen() {
    const [show, setShow] = useState(false);

    return (
        <CustomScrollView>
            <Button title="Scroll to View" onPress={() => setShow(true)} />
            <View style={{ height: 1000 }} />
            <ScrollIntoView show={show}>
                <Text>This view will be scrolled into view!</Text>
            </ScrollIntoView>
        </CustomScrollView>
    );
}

Imperative Hook

For more control, you can use the useScrollIntoView hook to scroll a ref into view imperatively.

import { View, Text, ScrollView, Button, Alert } from 'react-native';
import { wrapScrollView, useScrollIntoView } from 'react-native-scroll-to-child';
import { useRef } from 'react';

const CustomScrollView = wrapScrollView(ScrollView);

function MyScreen() {
    return (
        <CustomScrollView>
            <MyScreenContent />
        </CustomScrollView>
    );
}

function MyScreenContent() {
    const viewRef = useRef<View>(null);
    const scrollIntoView = useScrollIntoView();

    const handlePress = () => {
        if (viewRef.current) {
            scrollIntoView(viewRef.current, {
                align: 'center',
                animated: true,
            });
        } else {ß
            Alert.alert("Error", "The view isn't mounted yet.");
        }
    };

    return (
        <>
            <Button onPress={handlePress} title="Scroll to View" />
            <View style={{ height: 1000 }}>
                <Text>Some long ScrollView content</Text>
            </View>
            <View ref={viewRef}>
                <Text>This view will be scrolled into view on button press!</Text>
            </View>
        </>
    );
}

API

wrapScrollView(ScrollViewComponent, options?) Higher-Order Component (HOC)

This higher-order component wraps your ScrollView to provide the necessary context for scrolling.

• ScrollViewComponent: The ScrollView component to wrap (e.g., ScrollView, Animated.ScrollView).
• options (optional): Default options for all scrollIntoView calls within this ScrollView.

useScrollIntoView() Hook

A hook that returns the scrollIntoView function.

• scrollIntoView(ref, options?): Scrolls the given ref into view.
  • ref: A ref to the component you want to scroll to.
  • options (optional): Override the default options for this specific call.

ScrollIntoView Component

A component that wraps a child and scrolls it into view based on the show prop.

• show: A boolean that, when true, scrolls the child into view.
• options (optional): Override the default options for this component.

ScrollIntoView Options

Option	Type	Default	Description
align	'auto', 'start', 'end', 'center'	'auto'	Determines the alignment of the element within the ScrollView.
animated	boolean	true	Whether to animate the scroll.
immediate	boolean	false	If true, the call is not throttled. Useful for high-priority scrolls.
insets	{ top: number, bottom: number, left: number, right: number }	{...}	Adds padding around the element when scrolling it into view.
computeScrollY	(scrollViewLayout, viewLayout, scrollY, insets, align) => number	undefined	Advanced: Override the default vertical scroll calculation.
computeScrollX	(scrollViewLayout, viewLayout, scrollX, insets, align) => number	undefined	Advanced: Override the default horizontal scroll calculation.
measureElement	(viewRef) => Promise<LayoutRectangle>	undefined	Advanced: Override how the element's layout is measured.

Advanced Usage

You can provide custom configuration to wrapScrollView for advanced use cases, such as when using a custom ScrollView wrapper.

// All HOC configurations can also be passed as props to the wrapped `ScrollView` component.

const CustomScrollView = wrapScrollView(MyCustomScrollView, {
  // Provide default options for all scroll calls
  options: {
    align: 'center',
  },
  // If your custom ScrollView nests the underlying ScrollView,
  // provide a function to extract the actual ScrollView node.
  getScrollViewNode: ref => ref.getScrollView(),
  // Set a default throttle value for scroll events.
  scrollEventThrottle: 16,
});