Redocly / Redocly/redoc

Suggestion: configuration option to specify scrolling context/container

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help wanted Type: Enhancement
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Description

I am trying to use ReDoc in a SPA inside a somewhat complex nested view (angular app using ui-router).
The problem is the scroll handler in ReDoc seems to be relative to the window object, so in my case it doesn't trigger at all.
So menu links are not automatically activated on scrolling etc.

My suggestion is to provide a configuration option to specify the parent scrolling context/container, similar to what other libraries that support scroll detection events have (like waypoints.js, wow.js etc.)

This would help a lot with embedding ReDoc in SPAs in general I think.

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Research direction

Start by tracing ReDoc's scroll handler and the menu-link activation behavior described in the issue. Compare how the Angular SPA's nested scrolling container differs from the window context, then define the configuration behavior and verify that menu links activate while scrolling inside the configured container.

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Assessment

Tech stack
angular, typescript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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