Infinite Scroll

Code

* {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

body {
  margin: 0;
  font-family: "Sora", system-ui, sans-serif;
  background: #0b1020;
  color: #e2e8f0;
}

.shell {
  width: min(760px, calc(100% - 2rem));
  margin: 1.8rem auto 3rem;
}

h1 {
  margin-bottom: 0.3rem;
}

p {
  margin-top: 0;
  color: #94a3b8;
}

.feed {
  display: grid;
  gap: 0.7rem;
  min-height: 240px;
}

.card {
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.14);
  border-radius: 12px;
  background: #121a2e;
  padding: 0.9rem;
}

.card h3 {
  margin: 0 0 0.3rem;
}

.card p {
  margin: 0;
  font-size: 0.9rem;
}

.status {
  margin-top: 0.9rem;
  min-height: 1.2rem;
  font-size: 0.85rem;
}

(() => {
  const TOTAL = 80;
  const PAGE_SIZE = 10;
  const DATA = Array.from({ length: TOTAL }, (_, index) => ({
    id: index + 1,
    title: `Event ${index + 1}`,
    body: `This is item ${index + 1} in the feed.`,
  }));

  let cursor = 0;
  let loading = false;

  const feed = document.getElementById("feed");
  const status = document.getElementById("status");
  const sentinel = document.getElementById("sentinel");

  const setStatus = (message) => {
    status.textContent = message;
  };

  const loadNext = async () => {
    if (loading || cursor >= DATA.length) return;
    loading = true;
    setStatus("Loading more...");

    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 400));

    const next = DATA.slice(cursor, cursor + PAGE_SIZE);
    for (const item of next) {
      const card = document.createElement("article");
      card.className = "card";
      card.innerHTML = `<h3>${item.title}</h3><p>${item.body}</p>`;
      feed.appendChild(card);
    }

    cursor += next.length;
    loading = false;

    if (cursor >= DATA.length) {
      setStatus("You reached the end.");
    } else {
      setStatus(`Loaded ${cursor} of ${DATA.length}`);
    }
  };

  if ("IntersectionObserver" in window) {
    const observer = new IntersectionObserver((entries) => {
      if (entries.some((entry) => entry.isIntersecting)) {
        loadNext();
      }
    });
    observer.observe(sentinel);
  } else {
    window.addEventListener("scroll", () => {
      if (window.innerHeight + window.scrollY >= document.body.offsetHeight - 100) {
        loadNext();
      }
    });
  }

  loadNext();
})();

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8" />
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
  <title>Infinite Scroll</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
</head>
<body>
  <main class="shell">
    <h1>Infinite Scroll</h1>
    <p>Scroll down to load more cards.</p>
    <section id="feed" class="feed" aria-live="polite"></section>
    <p id="status" class="status" role="status"></p>
    <div id="sentinel" aria-hidden="true"></div>
  </main>

  <script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

A reusable list loading pattern for feeds and activity timelines.

Features

Sentinel-based loading trigger
Batched rendering
Loading and end-of-list states
Retry-safe, append-only updates