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its not ios specific, this is a commmon problem on all touch devices, I am actually very curious as to when this is going to hit android.

ugh 15y ago
Hm, ok. I guess the syntax rubs me the wrong way. Why does “overflow-scrolling: touch;” mean “use native scrolling”? What are the other values? What does “overflow-scrolling: touch;” mean on the desktop? But I guess that’s really not such a big problem.
- daleharvey 15y ago
  There are lots of context specific css attributes, what does overflow:scroll mean when printing a page. as for the actual names, yeh I imagine there was already a lot of bikeshedding involved and could go on for years, I am just glad the code is there.
  - JeremyBanks 15y ago
    what does overflow:scroll mean when printing a page. Something different than overflow: visible, I'd imagine. Maybe cursor: pointer would be a better example.
- strmpnk 15y ago
  Usually you scroll the page when you touch the screen. In this case you scroll the overflowed element first when you touch. Traditionally embedded elements required two finger scrolling which was a usability kludge. You'll have to specify it somewhere and I think CSS is appropriate for this.
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conradev 15y ago
How does native Android scrolling improve over WebKit scrolling currently?
- daleharvey 15y ago
  it doesnt, but currently users cant scroll elements that have hidden data with overflow:scroll on either devices, this fixed it for ios, I would like to see the same fix for android.
  - spicyj 15y ago
    At least on iOS, you could scroll one of these elements using two fingers but it was awkward and felt strange.
    - CrazedGeek 15y ago
      You can do this on Windows Phone 7 too (and I believe Android), but it's still very awkward.
      - bonzoesc 15y ago
        Last time I tried it (default browser on Nexus One with 2.3) I couldn't; this meant I couldn't read about Android on Google's site about Android.

ugh 15y ago

Hm, ok. I guess the syntax rubs me the wrong way. Why does “overflow-scrolling: touch;” mean “use native scrolling”? What are the other values? What does “overflow-scrolling: touch;” mean on the desktop? But I guess that’s really not such a big problem.

daleharvey 15y ago
There are lots of context specific css attributes, what does overflow:scroll mean when printing a page. as for the actual names, yeh I imagine there was already a lot of bikeshedding involved and could go on for years, I am just glad the code is there.
- JeremyBanks 15y ago
  what does overflow:scroll mean when printing a page. Something different than overflow: visible, I'd imagine. Maybe cursor: pointer would be a better example.
strmpnk 15y ago
Usually you scroll the page when you touch the screen. In this case you scroll the overflowed element first when you touch. Traditionally embedded elements required two finger scrolling which was a usability kludge. You'll have to specify it somewhere and I think CSS is appropriate for this.
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conradev 15y ago

How does native Android scrolling improve over WebKit scrolling currently?

daleharvey 15y ago
it doesnt, but currently users cant scroll elements that have hidden data with overflow:scroll on either devices, this fixed it for ios, I would like to see the same fix for android.
- spicyj 15y ago
  At least on iOS, you could scroll one of these elements using two fingers but it was awkward and felt strange.
  - CrazedGeek 15y ago
    You can do this on Windows Phone 7 too (and I believe Android), but it's still very awkward.
    - bonzoesc 15y ago
      Last time I tried it (default browser on Nexus One with 2.3) I couldn't; this meant I couldn't read about Android on Google's site about Android.