Prevent swiping between web pages in iPad Safari

Question

Swiping from the left and right edges of my iPad\'s Safari browser, moves between the currently open web pages. Is there any way to prevent it?

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Answer 1

There appears to be no way to disable this functionality, so as a workround I've found that a deadzone of 24px on either side of the page seems to be enough to stop unintentional navigation.

Here is my CSS:

body {
  position: fixed;
  top: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 24px;
  right: 24px;
  background-color: #ccc;
}

Making the body position: fixed also stops Safari doing the annoying overscroll/bounce effect.