What is the TypeScript definition for the onScroll event in React?

The right interface for onScroll is UIEvent

Please continue reading below to see how to use it or read my guide on using React events with TypeScript.

You can also go to the search page 🔍 to find another event.

Interface

interface UIEvent<T = Element, E = NativeUIEvent> extends SyntheticEvent<T, E> {
    detail: number;
    view: AbstractView;
}

Full example

import React, { UIEvent } from 'react';

const App = () => {
  const handleUIEvent = (e: UIEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
    // Do something
  };

  return <div onScroll={handleUIEvent}>{/** Some code */}</div>;
};

export default App;

Attributes that use UIEvent:

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