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I'd really like to see an addon that just blocks the css overflow attribute. I've only ever seen it used by websites that try to stop people who are blocking th

I'd really like to see an addon that just blocks the css overflow attribute. I've only ever seen it used by websites that try to stop people who are blocking their giant modal popups from scrolling. It might be that I'm dumb and can't figure out how to add a ublock/umatrix rule to block it, but I'd love a single purpose addon that just deletes "overflow:hidden" in all cases.

chadlavi 6y ago
document.querySelectorAll('*').forEach(e => e.style.overflow = 'unset')
- Sir_Substance 6y ago
  Nice, I'll keep that as a bookmarket, saves me rooting around in the inspector!
  - chadlavi 6y ago
    May also need to add others like e.style.overflowY
timdorr 6y ago
I think you mean position: fixed or sticky? Overflow controls what happens when the contents of a bounding box exceed it's allowed size, which is usually to hide or make the box scrollable.
- barbecue_sauce 6y ago
  'overflow: hidden' is often used to make the content of a page unscrollable on less technically adept news sites where the content is still present on the page.
- Semaphor 6y ago
  many sites use overflow hidden on body to disable scrolling until you close the popup
basch 6y ago
Not a straight block, but a super handy extension is BehindTheOverlay. It gives you a consistently placed button that removes overlays. Instead of hunting for an X or cancel or close button, you use your muscle memory and always hit the same place in the Chrome. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/behindtheoverlay/ljipkdpcjbmhkdjjmbbaggebcednbbme?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/behindtheoverlay/l... https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/behind_the_overlay/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/behind_the_ov... https://github.com/NicolaeNMV/BehindTheOverlay https://github.com/NicolaeNMV/BehindTheOverlay
CM30 6y ago
Nah, doing this would also break things like carousels/slideshows too, as well as menus that slide in from off screen. And while it's rarer than those, I've definitely also seen page components which show a preview of the content until you click on them, then expand to show everything else. Those would break as well. So while you'd certainly block modal popups that prevent scrolling, you'd also break a bunch of things on other sites that use the overflow property for more legitimate reasons.
- Sir_Substance 6y ago
  I prefer carousels and slideshows "broken", so I can use my browsers fast built in scroll rather than the visible slow javascript one. This falls under the category of "stop fucking with my scrollbar", a message I wish I could write on enough cakes to send one to every webdev on the planet. The slide out menus would be a shame, but I'd give that up to prevent it's rampant abuse everywhere else.

chadlavi 6y ago

document.querySelectorAll('*').forEach(e => e.style.overflow = 'unset')

Sir_Substance 6y ago
Nice, I'll keep that as a bookmarket, saves me rooting around in the inspector!
- chadlavi 6y ago
  May also need to add others like e.style.overflowY

timdorr 6y ago

I think you mean position: fixed or sticky? Overflow controls what happens when the contents of a bounding box exceed it's allowed size, which is usually to hide or make the box scrollable.

barbecue_sauce 6y ago
'overflow: hidden' is often used to make the content of a page unscrollable on less technically adept news sites where the content is still present on the page.
Semaphor 6y ago
many sites use overflow hidden on body to disable scrolling until you close the popup

basch 6y ago

Not a straight block, but a super handy extension is BehindTheOverlay. It gives you a consistently placed button that removes overlays. Instead of hunting for an X or cancel or close button, you use your muscle memory and always hit the same place in the Chrome. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/behindtheoverlay/ljipkdpcjbmhkdjjmbbaggebcednbbme?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/behindtheoverlay/l... https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/behind_the_overlay/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/behind_the_ov... https://github.com/NicolaeNMV/BehindTheOverlay https://github.com/NicolaeNMV/BehindTheOverlay

CM30 6y ago

Nah, doing this would also break things like carousels/slideshows too, as well as menus that slide in from off screen. And while it's rarer than those, I've definitely also seen page components which show a preview of the content until you click on them, then expand to show everything else. Those would break as well. So while you'd certainly block modal popups that prevent scrolling, you'd also break a bunch of things on other sites that use the overflow property for more legitimate reasons.

Sir_Substance 6y ago
I prefer carousels and slideshows "broken", so I can use my browsers fast built in scroll rather than the visible slow javascript one. This falls under the category of "stop fucking with my scrollbar", a message I wish I could write on enough cakes to send one to every webdev on the planet. The slide out menus would be a shame, but I'd give that up to prevent it's rampant abuse everywhere else.