`Once` prop

[GeeWizWow]

Any chance of getting a once prop, that would only trigger the event once ?

[nirpeled]

+1

[fiso]

For the record, you can very easily emulate this functionality by using the active prop, assuming you have your visibility-state stored.

  onChangeVisibility (isVisible) {
    this.setState({visible: isVisible});
  }

  render () {
      <VisibilitySensor onChange={this.onChangeVisibility} active={!this.state.visible} />
  }

[MonliH]

I know this suggestion is quite old, but are there any plans to implement this? The Once prop would be one of those features that make this library better than others.

[omarryhan]

Someone made a PR for this: https://github.com/joshwnj/react-visibility-sensor/pull/143

[Hassene66]

For those who uses functional components

[State ,setState] = useState({visible: false });

const onChangeVisibility = isActive => {
    setState({ ...State, visible: isActive });
}
 <VisibilitySensor  onChange={e => onChangeVisibility(e)} active={!State.visible} />

[robbertvancaem]

Until #143 is merged, today I came up with this simple solution.

// components/sensor.js
import React, { useState } from "react";
import VisibilitySensor from "react-visibility-sensor";
import PropTypes from "prop-types";

const Sensor = ({ children, once }) => {
  const [visible, setVisible] = useState(false);

  return (
    <VisibilitySensor
      active={once ? !visible : true}
      onChange={(isVisible) => {
        if (visible && once) {
          return;
        }

        setVisible(isVisible);
      }}
    >
      {children({ isVisible: visible })}
    </VisibilitySensor>
  );
};

Sensor.propTypes = {
  children: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
  once: PropTypes.bool,
};

Sensor.defaultProps = {
  once: false,
};

export default Sensor;

You can then use it like so:

// components/something.js
import Sensor from './sensor';

<Sensor key={title} once>
    {({ isVisible }) => (<div className={`hello ${isVisible && "is-visible"}`}>Something</div>)}
</Sensor>

[MonliH]

If you really need this functionality and don't want to write some extra code yourself, you could also try react-on-screen, which seems to support the feature.

[abreu-dev]

I just want to share my solution. It would be great if this library has the hasBeenVisible render prop out of the box.

import React, { useState } from "react";
import VisibilitySensor from "react-visibility-sensor";

const AppearSensor = ({
  onChange,
  children,
  ...rest
}) => {
  const [hasBeenVisible, setHasBeenVisible] = useState(false);

  return (
    <VisibilitySensor {...rest} onChange={(isVisible) => {
      if (isVisible) setHasBeenVisible(true)
      if (onChange) onChange(isVisible)
    }}>
      {
        ({
          isVisible,
          ...restRenderProps
        }) => {
          return children({ isVisible, ...restRenderProps, hasBeenVisible })
        }
      }
    </VisibilitySensor>
  );
};

AppearSensor.propTypes = VisibilitySensor.propTypes
AppearSensor.defaultProps = VisibilitySensor.defaultProps

export default AppearSensor;

[katsos]

This missing feature is the only one made me go with react-on-screen. If you need a contribution feel free to reach me.