← Back to index

3.1 Locomotive Scroll

Smooth inertia + data-scroll transforms

Digital-first design agency

Parallax transforms don’t affect layout width/height — content inside Locomotive’s scroll layer can still shift visually. The page title and back link live outside that layer so they stay pinned above the demo.

Readability first

Caption is below the image. The frame uses overflow: hidden so horizontal parallax doesn’t paint outside the photo.

Text parallax

We don’t apply data-scroll to multi-line copy here — it routinely collides with neighbouring lines because transforms don’t change layout boxes. This demo shows parallax on the image only.

How this demo is built

Locomotive applies transforms to [data-scroll] nodes inside the scroll container. Use overflow: hidden on wrappers around moving media.

Re-init scroll after route changes (e.g. Swup). Serve over http:// for reliable assets.

Library: locomotive-scroll@4.1.4 (CDN). For GSAP ScrollTrigger bridging, see the reference doc.