iOS like "rubber band" scrolling in Lion - Safari

As a WAG, try, since it might be associated with the Mouse prefPane. I'm in SL currently, so can't check;

defaults write com.apple.systempreferences NSScrollElasticityNone 1

Alex, just wanted to chime in and say, NICE WORK. Your findings make me optimistic! I, too, hate this unnecessary "elastic" effect (most notably in Safari) and am eager to see some software development to turn it the frack OFF. Maybe a System Preference we can install (or terminal hack we can apply) to disable it on our MacOS forever. Thank you!

Hmm... I wonder, does this tip get us any closer to solving the puzzle?

Remove scrolling elasticity in Xcode

Oh, you wonderful person, you.

I think I was given source code to a project that will do this last week, but I haven't had the time to boot to Lion and compile it yet.

This is the start of bringing sanity back to the Mac OS. The fact that we had to wait so long, that third parties had to do it and that Apple thinks that scroll elasticity/bouncing on the Mac is a good idea means that someone making the decisions for the GUI for Apple is still sick in the head.

Scroll elasticity on the Mac OS is the Clippy of the Mac world.

I will distribute this to the Xcode lists.

You are now on my Christmas list and in my Will.

If you want a copy of TextEdit without the bouncy, please let me know and I'll build you a copy.

I have downloaded a copy of the WebKit source. I with I had time to make a Safari plugin (or version of Safari) that fixed the window tab order and disabled elasticity and auto quitting.

EDIT: OH, Fofer, this is the compiled version of the code that was sent to me a week or so ago. Much thanks to Thomas Clement for this.

This is WAG. I don't have the issue with a wired mouse.

defaults write -g NSScrollElasticity 1

WAG? I have no idea what that means.

I like your defaults terminal statement. When I get a chance to reboot to Lion, I'll try it out.

How did you figure it out? Are there docs on what you can set using the defaults statement?

WAG = A wild-assed guess

I suppose baltwo has to guess because the issue does not exist with his mouse.

BTW (by the way), go here for any unknown acronyms.

I've been told by the guy who wrote the Xcode plugin that this will work, but I'm in the middle of debugging and can't reboot to Lion:

defaults write -gNSScrollViewRubberbanding 1

Anyone want to try it out?

Alex Zavatone wrote:

How did you figure it out? Are there docs on what you can set using the defaults statement?

I'm taking a stab at it, eliminating the caveats from the NSScrollElasticity constant discussed in the scroll view document:

NSScrollElasticityAutomatic = 0,

NSScrollElasticityNone = 1,

NSScrollElasticityAllowed = 2

Normally, defaults for constants use the same term. That's why it's a WAG, since I have no way of testing without a finger-waving device.😉

Alex Zavatone wrote:

I've been told by the guy who wrote the Xcode plugin that this will work, but I'm in the middle of debugging and can't reboot to Lion:

defaults write -gNSScrollViewRubberbanding 1

Anyone want to try it out?

It sure doesnt. 😉

The correct command is actually:

defaults write -g NSScrollViewRubberbanding -bool false

Follow-on. this google search term usually will get you Apple's developer documentation, using ScrollView as an example:

ScrollView site:developer.apple.com

From the last time I read the docs, I think there are two areas where you can set this, but is was around 3:30 am. Maybe that was to disable auto quitting of the GUI.

That's next on the plate.

Indeed, I have just pasted the following command into Terminal.app:

defaults write -g NSScrollViewRubberbanding -bool false

And guess what?!?!? It works. No more inane rubber-banding. Hurrah!

But only in TextEdit.

It doesn't work in Safari, where we are wanting it most. Boo!!!!

One step closer, though?