This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since March 2019.
The disconnect() method of the IntersectionObserver interface stops the observer watching all of its target elements for visibility changes.
disconnect()
None.
None (undefined).
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
disconnect |
51 | 15Available since Windows Insider Preview Build 14986. |
55 | 38 | 12.1 | 51 | 55 | 41 | 12.2 | 5.0 | 51 | 12.2 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/IntersectionObserver/disconnect