How to prevent document scrolling but allow scrolling inside div elements on websites for iOS and Android?

Question

I created a website with jQueryMobile for iOS and Android.

I don\'t want the document itself to scroll. Instead, just an area (a

element) sh

Answer 1

Here is a solution that uses jQuery for the events.

var stuff = {};
$('#scroller').on('touchstart',stuff,function(e){
  e.data.max = this.scrollHeight - this.offsetHeight;
  e.data.y = e.originalEvent.pageY;
}).on('touchmove',stuff,function(e){
  var dy = e.data.y - e.originalEvent.pageY;
  // if scrolling up and at the top, or down and at the bottom
  if((dy < 0 && this.scrollTop < 1)||(dy > 0 && this.scrollTop >= e.data.max)){
    e.preventDefault();
  };
});