I am looking for a way to disable elastic scrolling in Mac OS. For me, the scroll bounce is distracting and pointless. I have searched countless forums and articles which seem to elude that this was once an option but I cannot find any way to disable this behavior in modern versions of Mac OS.
The overflow scrolling is disrupting my experience in the browser and other areas of the OS. I am really hoping that there are options that I have not yet found.
In the terminal:
defaults write -g NSScrollViewRubberbanding -int 0
To re-enable:
defaults delete -g NSScrollViewRubberbanding
It doesn't seem to work in Safari, but works in MS Edge.
In the terminal:
defaults write -g NSScrollViewRubberbanding -int 0
To re-enable:
defaults delete -g NSScrollViewRubberbanding
It doesn't seem to work in Safari, but works in MS Edge.
There is an easier way:
Go to System Preferences->Accessibility->Pointer Control->Mouse & Trackpad;
Click Trackpad Options (or Mouse Options, depending on your pointer device);
and choose Scrolling: without inertia (the default is with)
Thank you for this!
Though this can bit a bit of a mixed bag in terms of application support, it mostly works. There are some applications that acknowledge the flag and some that don't (as stated with MS Edge and Safari).
Elastic scrolling (rubber banding) is not the same as scroll inertia.
You're right.
If you know how to disable the rubber banding in Safari, please let me know! :)
I don't, but if I find out, I will report back.
How to Disable Elastic Scrolling
