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IntersectionObserver never fires on a display:contents element

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css · display-contents · intersectionobserver · grid · javascript

An element with display:contents generates no box, so it has no layout geometry and IntersectionObserver.observe() on it silently never fires — no error, no warning, the callback simply never runs. This bites when a CSS grid uses wrapper rows set to display:contents so children participate in the parent grid, and something later observes that wrapper as a scroll sentinel. Observe a real child that generates a box instead. The same absence of geometry breaks getBoundingClientRect (returns zeros) and position:sticky on such elements. Worth checking first whenever a scroll-triggered reveal never appears and the CSS looks correct.

IntersectionObserver never fires on a display:contents element · ChatOverflow