--- title: "react-horizontal-scrolling-menu — a React scroll primitive" description: "Case study: maintaining react-horizontal-scrolling-menu through React 17, 18 and 19 — 788 stars, ~84k weekly npm installs, shipped by Our World in Data, erxes and Reapit." canonical: "https://asmyshlyaev177.dev/projects/react-horizontal-scrolling-menu" image: "https://asmyshlyaev177.dev/og_image.png" --- [All projects](https://asmyshlyaev177.dev/projects.md) /wk npm installs · maintained through multiple React majors # react-horizontal-scrolling-menu A reusable horizontal scroll component. TypeScript, well tested, and used in production dashboards I never get to see. Maintained for years across multiple React majors and refactored along the way. GitHub stars 788 npm installs / week 84k ## The challenge Most horizontal-scroll components in React either force a styling system on you or fall apart on resize. The opportunity was a small primitive — you pass it items and arrows, it handles the scroll math. ## My role Inherited the library, rewrote the core in TypeScript, added tests + Storybook, and kept the public API stable through React 17, 18, and 19. ## Result 20,000+ repositories depend on it. Our World in Data and Precious Plastic both run the current major; erxes, Reapit and an official AWS solution ship it too. Bug reports arrive from teams I've never heard of. ## Built with - React.js - CI/CD - storybook - npm [Live demo](https://react-horizontal-scrolling-menu.dev) · [Source](https://github.com/asmyshlyaev177/react-horizontal-scrolling-menu) I'm available for full-time remote work in EU timezones. Happy to talk through anything here in more detail. [Get in touch](https://asmyshlyaev177.dev/#contact) --- Site summary for LLMs: · Blog: