w3c/IntersectionObserver

Intersection Observer

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Intersection Observers

Implementation status:

Chromium: Shipped in Chrome 51
Edge: Shipped in build 14986
Firefox: Shipped in Firefox 55
WebKit: Shipped in Safari 12.1 and iOS 12.2

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Draft Spec

Given that multiple native implementations of IntersectionObserver exist today, the polyfill that was formerly maintained in this repo is no longer supported and has been archived at https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/intersection-observer.

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Intersection Observers

Implementation status:

Chromium: Shipped in Chrome 51
Edge: Shipped in build 14986
Firefox: Shipped in Firefox 55
WebKit: Shipped in Safari 12.1 and iOS 12.2

Explainer Doc

Draft Spec