Recent snippets posted on Snipplr.com https://snipplr.com/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 22:25:54 +0000 https://snipplr.com/view/63008/preventing-elastic-scrolling-on-idevice <p>If you a flick a web app past the bottom or top of the page, the page itself gets elastically tugged away from the URL bar or the button bar (or the bottom/top of the screen if it's in full-screen mode). This behavior is another giveaway that your app isn't native, and it's rarely the behavior you want in a native app. To stop this behavior, capture touchmove events on the document in JavaScript and cancel them. You can do this by adding a handler to the body tag, and invoking the preventDefault method on the event object:</p> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:52:08 UTC https://snipplr.com/view/63008/preventing-elastic-scrolling-on-idevice