Disabling Pull-to-Refresh Feature on Mobile Browsers using CSS


We can change the output of scrolling a webpage’s boundary area using the CSS overscroll-behavior property. Through this, we can disable Pull-to-Refresh on browsers.

Syntax

The syntax of CSS overscroll-behavior property is as follows −

Selector {
   overscroll-behavior: /*value*/
}

The Overscroll-behavior

The following example illustrate CSS overscroll-behavior property. It sets what a web browser does after reaching the boundary of a scrolling area. Here, we have set the overflow-behavior-y for the div to set the web browser's behavior when the vertical boundary of a scrolling area is reached. The value contain is set for a default scroll behaviour −

div {
   margin: 2%;
   width: 500px;
   height: 200px;
   overflow-x: auto;
   overscroll-behavior-y: contain;
   background-color: plum;
}

Example

Let us see the example −

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
   <style>
      div {
         margin: 2%;
         width: 500px;
         height: 200px;
         overflow-x: auto;
         overscroll-behavior-y: contain;
         background-color: plum;
      }
      p {
         font-size: 1.5em;
      }
   </style>
</head>
<body>
   <h2>overscroll-behavior example</h2>
   <div>
      <p>Cricket, initially said to be England’s national summer game, has gained immense popularity worldwide. Such is the popularity that it is not only restricted to the professional field, rather people of all ages and gender can be seen playing cricket in their streets and backyards. This sport requires complete physical fitness and athleticism to play. The sport is played between two teams of 11 players each.</p>
   </div>
   <p>Cricket is played outdoors on a ground. The objective of the game is that a team should score more runs than the opponent team. It is all about attempting to score more runs, while restricting the score and dismissing the batsmen of the opponent team. Further in the document, one can closely understand the game, its popular terms and rules.</p>
</body>
</html>

Set Overscroll Behavior to Body

To set the overscroll behaviour to body, we have used the overscroll-behavior property. CSS overscroll-behavior property sets what a web browser does after reaching the boundary of a scrolling area −

body {
   overscroll-behavior: contain;
   text-align: center;
}

Example

Let us see the example −

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
   <style>
      body {
         overscroll-behavior: contain;
         text-align: center;
      }
      div {
         margin: 2%;
         width: 450px;
         height: 180px;
         overflow-x: auto;
         background-color: khaki;
      }
      p {
         font-size: 1.3em;
      }
   </style>
</head>
<body>
   <h2>setting overscroll behavior to body</h2>
   <div>
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   </div>
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</body>
</html>

Updated on: 01-Nov-2023

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