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HTML

              
                <div class="page">
  <div class="sentinal"></div>
  <h1 class="header">Intersection observer <br/>&amp; position: sticky
  </h1>

  <ul class="Items">

    <li class="Item">
      <div class="Item_Img"></div>
      <div class="Item_Inner">
        <h2>Interaction Observer is watching the pink bar at the top of the screen.</h2>
      </div>
    </li>
    <li class="Item">
      <div class="Item_Img"></div>
      <div class="Item_Inner">
        <h2>As soon as it enters or leaves the viewport, an event is triggered.</h2>
      </div>
    </li>
    <li class="Item">
      <div class="Item_Img"></div>
      <div class="Item_Inner">
        <h2>The event contains an 'isIntersecting' value - which tells us if the pink bar is/isn't in the viewport.</h2>
      </div>
    </li>
    <li class="Item">
      <div class="Item_Img"></div>
      <div class="Item_Inner">
        <h2>We can use this event to do whatever we need, in this case, just toggling a class on the h1.</h2>
      </div>
    </li>
    <li class="Item">
      <div class="Item_Img"></div>
      <div class="Item_Inner">
        <h2>Unrelated to Intersection Observer, but also handy, 'position: sticky' is used on the h1.</h2>
      </div>
    </li>
    <li class="Item">
      <div class="Item_Img"></div>
      <div class="Item_Inner">
        <h2>This can all be accomplished without any scroll event listeners.</h2>
      </div>
    </li>

  </ul>

</div>

              
            
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CSS

              
                .sentinal {
  // DOM element for triggering the intersection observer event
  // you can use 'height' to determine when the event is triggered
  height: 3rem;
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
  background-color: #F10C49;
}

body {
  font-family: BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", "Roboto", "Helvetica", "Open Sans", "Arial", sans-serif;
  background-color: #f3eee8;
}

.page {
  padding: 6rem 0;
  max-width: 600px;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

.header {
  background-color: white;
  position: -webkit-sticky;
  position: sticky;
  top: 2rem;
  padding: 1rem;
  line-height: 1.5;
  box-decoration-break: clone;
  z-index: 1;
  transition: all 300ms;
  will-change: color, background-color;
  
  &.enabled {
    color: white;
    background-color: #A70267;
  }
}

h1 {
  display: inline;
  color: #F10C49;
  box-decoration-break: clone;
}

* {
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
}

.Items {
  color: #FB6B41;
  padding-top: 2rem;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fill, minmax(240px, 1fr));
  grid-gap: 2rem 3rem;
}

.Item {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
}

.Item_Img {
  position: relative;
  background-color: #EAE4E0;
  
  &::before {
    content: '';
    position: relative;
    padding-bottom: 56.25%;
    display: block;
  }
}

.Item_Inner {
  padding: 4rem 1.5rem 1.5rem;
  position: relative;
  height: 100%;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  background-color: white;
  justify-content: flex-end;
  min-height: 8rem;
}

              
            
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JS

              
                const headerEl = document.querySelector('.header')
const sentinalEl = document.querySelector('.sentinal')

const handler = (entries) => {
  console.log(entries)
  // entries is an array of observed dom nodes
  // we're only interested in the first one at [0]
  // because that's our .sentinal node.
  // Here observe whether or not that node is in the viewport
  if (!entries[0].isIntersecting) {
    headerEl.classList.add('enabled')
  } else {
    headerEl.classList.remove('enabled')
  }
}

// create the observer
const observer = new window.IntersectionObserver(handler)
// give the observer some dom nodes to keep an eye on
observer.observe(sentinalEl)
              
            
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