Lenis
Scrolling that feels like silk.
Lenis is a specialised tool for soft, precise scrolling. In place of the hard, jumpy default scroll, it creates a calm, gliding motion that instantly makes a site feel more refined. As a best-in-class solution, it is regarded as the reference in the professional web scene.
How Conexa Digital uses it
At Conexa Digital we use Lenis when a site benefits from a calm, refined scroll feel – especially in combination with scroll-driven animation, which runs noticeably more smoothly as a result. It is a fine detail, not a must: where users expect fast, direct scrolling or accessibility takes priority, we deliberately leave it out.
What we use it for
Why it matters to you
Scrolling is the most frequent gesture on any website – how it feels shapes the overall impression more than most people realise. A gentle, controlled motion makes a page feel balanced and considered. At the same time, Lenis keeps scroll-linked effects tracking precisely instead of snagging.
In practice
An example: a home page with several large image sections that are meant to appear one after another as the user scrolls down. Without Lenis, the browser jumps abruptly on with every impulse of the mouse wheel, which throws timed animations out of rhythm. With Lenis, the scroll movement is intercepted and translated into an even, slightly trailing motion (called "easing" — a gentle deceleration instead of a hard stop). The result: image transitions and text animations run in time instead of stuttering, and the whole section feels like one continuous choreography rather than a string of individual jumps. For you this means: visitors perceive the section as a deliberately designed unit, not as a loose sequence of images.
When we do not use it
Where users expect fast, direct scrolling — say, in dashboards, long lists or forms with many fields — we forgo Lenis. The artificially slowed motion feels more disruptive than premium there, because people want to get to a specific spot quickly rather than glide. And when accessibility is the priority, or users have enabled the system setting for reduced motion, we switch the effect off and deliver native, browser-standard scrolling. For pure content pages without scroll animations, the extra code is often simply not worth it.
Frequently asked questions
What exactly does Lenis do?
Lenis smooths a website's scroll behaviour so the content glides softly and evenly instead of jumping abruptly. It improves the scroll feel and the synchronisation with scroll-driven animation.
Does smooth scrolling interfere with accessibility?
Used badly, it can. At Conexa Digital we make sure to respect system settings for reduced motion and keep the page fully usable without the effect.
Does it work on smartphones?
On touch devices, users often expect the native scroll feel. We therefore tune the use of Lenis per device, so scrolling feels right everywhere.