The axis
read-only property of the ScrollTimeline
interface returns an enumerated value representing the scroll axis that is driving the progress of the timeline.
An enumerated value. Possible values are:
"block"
-
The scrollbar on the block axis of the scroll container, which is the axis in the direction perpendicular to the flow of text within a line. For horizontal writing modes, such as standard English, this is the same as "y"
, while for vertical writing modes, it is the same as "x"
.
"inline"
-
The scrollbar on the inline axis of the scroll container, which is the axis in the direction parallel to the flow of text in a line. For horizontal writing modes, this is the same as "x"
, while for vertical writing modes, this is the same as "y"
.
"y"
-
The scrollbar on the vertical axis of the scroll container.
"x"
-
The scrollbar on the horizontal axis of the scroll container.
See the main ScrollTimeline
page for an example.