morr/jquery.appear

Health v2 · maintenance only

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1193 stars · 277 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A jQuery plugin that adds custom 'appear' and 'disappear' events fired when elements enter or leave the browser viewport. It helps avoid unnecessary processing for hidden or off-screen content.

Use cases

• trigger animations when elements scroll into view
• lazy-load images or content as it enters the viewport
• avoid processing content hidden outside the viewport
• detect when an element becomes visible or invisible on scroll or resize
• implement infinite scroll or deferred content loading

When to choose

• you already use jQuery and need viewport visibility events
• you want a lightweight, battle-tested plugin for appear/disappear detection
• you need offset-based early triggering before elements enter the viewport

When to avoid

• you use a modern framework like React or Vue with native IntersectionObserver
• you are starting a new project without jQuery
• you need advanced scroll-based animation features beyond simple visibility events

Facets

plugin · maturity maintenance

ui-components animation web-development frontend browser jquery viewport-detection scroll-events lazy-loading nodejs

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