# Scroll strategies

## What is a scroll strategy?
A scroll strategy is a way of describing how an overlay should behave if the user scrolls
while the overlay is open. The strategy has a reference to the `OverlayRef`, allowing it to
recalculate the position, close the overlay, block scrolling, etc.

## Usage
To associate an overlay with a scroll strategy, you have to pass in a function, that returns a
scroll strategy, to the `OverlayConfig`. By default, all overlays will use the `noop` strategy which
doesn't do anything. The other available strategies are `reposition`, `block` and `close`:

```ts
let overlayConfig = new OverlayConfig({
  scrollStrategy: overlay.scrollStrategies.block()
});

this._overlay.create(overlayConfig).attach(yourPortal);
```

## Creating a custom scroll strategy
To set up a custom scroll strategy, you have to create a class that implements the `ScrollStrategy`
interface. There are three stages of a scroll strategy's life cycle:

1. When an overlay is created, it'll call the strategy's `attach` method with a reference to itself.
2. When an overlay is attached to the DOM, it'll call the `enable` method on its scroll strategy,
3. When an overlay is detached from the DOM or destroyed, it'll call the `disable` method on its
scroll strategy, allowing it to clean up after itself.

Afterwards you can pass in the new scroll strategy to your overlay state:

```ts
// Your custom scroll strategy.
export class CustomScrollStrategy implements ScrollStrategy {
  // your implementation
}

overlayConfig.scrollStrategy = new CustomScrollStrategy();
this._overlay.create(overlayConfig).attach(yourPortal);
```