--- title: "React Hook: Detect Scroll Direction" url: https://daily.dev/posts/react-hook-detect-scroll-direction-4r0hbbhkj source_url: https://www.robinwieruch.de/react-hook-scroll-direction/ type: article source: "Robin Wieruch" author: "Robin Wieruch" published: 2022-03-31T08:40:06.622Z updated: 2022-03-31T08:40:06.622Z tags: ["react"] reading_time: 1 upvotes: 10 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # React Hook: Detect Scroll Direction **[Robin Wieruch](https://daily.dev/sources/robinwieruch)** · [@rwieruch](https://daily.dev/rwieruch) · 1 min read · 10 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A neat custom React Hook that I used in some of my React freelance projects which detects the scroll direction of a user. There may be many ways to improve this custom hook (e.g. check the horizontal instead of the vertical scroll direction), but for my cases it has been sufficient for now. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#react](https://daily.dev/tags/react) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/react-hook-detect-scroll-direction-4r0hbbhkj)