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iOS like "rubber band" scrolling in Lion - Safari

Has anyone managed to disable the iOS like "rubber band" scrolling in the Lion version of Safari ? For instance when you scroll all the way up or down, a blank space is created, like on iOS , and releasing the scroll rubber bands the content to the top (or bottom).

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7)

Posted on Jul 29, 2011 11:20 PM

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Feb 27, 2014 5:07 PM in response to Lloeki

Oh wow. OH WOW.


I have been monitoring this thread for YEARS. Disappointed, heartbroken yet curious. Folks confused what we're even referring to, suggesting the wrong settings and unrelated fixes. All the while I'd scroll, and suffer this horrible, unnecessary "elastic" UI. Would this issue ever get solved? Will we ever be able to turn off this horrible rubber-band animation? Potential solutions have come and gone, and none of them worked. Until now.


UNELASTIC, the Safari extension, is here! And it works!


OUR LONG NATIONAL NIGHTMARE IS OVER!


THANK YOU Lloeki! My hat's off to you.

Mar 5, 2014 12:06 PM in response to Lloeki

Just tried the extension under Mac OS 10.8.5 and Safari 6.0.5.


I'm using the Magic Mouse and scrolling with the middle scroll area on the mouse. Flicking up to the top of a pace (extensions.apple.com) still bounces the content when it reaches the end.


So, here's the deal. Any pages that you open from a previous session will not have the bouncing disabled, but newly loaded pages will have the bounce disabled.


It's a little detail, but nice to know if you install the extension restart Safari, reload your previous session and still see pages bouncing.


Still, it's a shame that we have to disable the bounce through CSS, and can't set up an NSUserDefaults to never ever bounce a web view, scrollView, or whatever on the Mac.


Thanks Lloeki!

iOS like "rubber band" scrolling in Lion - Safari

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