Wheel Gestures

This plugin is used to extend Embla Carousel with the ability to use the mouse/trackpad wheel to navigate through the carousel.

Installation

First you need to install the npm package and save it to your dependencies:

npm install embla-carousel-wheel-gestures --save

Alternatively, you can use a CDN to include it in your project:

<script src="https://unpkg.com/embla-carousel-wheel-gestures/dist/embla-carousel-wheel-gestures.umd.js"></script>

Usage

This plugin accepts a single optional parameter, which is its options object that allows you to configure it.

import EmblaCarousel from 'embla-carousel'
import { WheelGesturesPlugin } from 'embla-carousel-wheel-gestures'

const embla = EmblaCarousel(emblaRoot, { loop: false }, [WheelGesturesPlugin()]) // Add plugin

Options

The Wheel Gestures plugin accepts an optional options object as the first argument. Here's an example of how to make use of it:

import EmblaCarousel from 'embla-carousel'
import { WheelGesturesPlugin } from 'embla-carousel-wheel-gestures'

const wheelGesturesOptions = {
  wheelDraggingClass: 'my-wheel-class',
}

const embla = EmblaCarousel(emblaRoot, { loop: false }, [
  WheelGesturesPlugin(wheelGesturesOptions), // Add plugin with options
])

wheelDraggingClass

Type: string
Default: is-wheel-dragging

Choose a classname that will be applied to the container during a wheel gesture. Pass an empty string to opt-out.

forceWheelAxis

Type: string | undefined
Default: undefined

Force an axis on which to listen for wheel events. Choose scroll axis between x and y. Useful if you want to slide horizontally when scrolling vertically or vice versa.

target

Type: Element
Default: undefined

Specify the element that should be observed for wheel events.