Jun 17, 2019

Missing Android Chrome 75 flags disable-pull-to-refresh-effect How to disable it now?

I want to disable the pull down to refresh page options. Many websites say to disable it in the chrome flags page. I cannot find any setting there that seems related to refresh or pull down.

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Last edited Jun 24, 2019

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david.king

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Jul 3, 2019

Thanks for posting and for the feedback about this change. As another user I appreciate things like this can be frustrating, so if this is important to you, I’d encourage you to also send this feedback to Google from within the Chrome menu so your feedback is recorded there too. Please be aware that you may not receive a response, however the team are still reading the feedback! To review the feedback you have sent across all Google products, visit the Google Feedback site.

(I'm going to mark this post a recommended answer to this topic. This is the best way for this forum system to display an important update at the beginning of a thread, and I want to help ensure that those new to the discussion see the latest update).

Last edited Jul 6, 2019

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User 14139089372758683805

Jun 17, 2019

I have the same issue, it looks like the flag for "disable pull to refresh" is no longer there. Where did it go?

Last edited Jun 18, 2019

Tig 4613

Jan 17, 2020

The worst is trying to scroll down a select with lots of options, such as year of birth, then instead of scrolling the entire page refreshes/reloads and breaks the whole date-picker dialogue. It's most frustrating user experience I have seen so far in 2020!

Marlon van de Kelft

Jan 20, 2020

Same problem

IcySteam

Jan 21, 2020

F this pull to refresh s**t, I've always wanted to migrate to Firefox anyway, where there is also actual EXTENSION support

Smarter'n'you

Jan 21, 2020

Why does David.King think his completely unresponsive reply is the "best" answer??

Saying "tell google" does not help or offer a viable solution.

I hate when supposed experts inflate their numbers by copy and pasting a generic "solution"

to every query they can.

It has almost four times as many down votes as up yet remains at the top, WHY???

Danilo Šaković

Jan 22, 2020

Easy fix guys if you using web-app that you control

...

... in you page

<style>

body{

overscroll-behavior-y: contain;

}

</style>

but still if it is possible to disable it overall it would be great!!!

Google user

Jan 23, 2020

support.google.com I've also face same problem please tell me, what is the solution for this problem I am totally upset with your services.. I would really appreciate an early reply as this is a very important matter.

Last edited Jan 23, 2020

Scottv2

Feb 3, 2020

Yeah, the pull-to-refresh feature sucks and it was always a bad idea!!! It has caused me far more grief than it's worth. There's a refresh button right there on the screen so why not add a hidden refresh feature that will facilitate losing the work you just put into that filling out that form. That's just brilliant. Did some Google UI kiddie take a class in designing hidden, destructive features?

There was literally no reason to remove this flag. I'm quite sure a relative few used the option because nobody knew it was there!

I GUARANTEE there would have been many more users who took advantage of killing pull to refresh if the option was properly available in the Chrome Settings menu. Normal users are never found digging into the flags menu.

Thanks Google. Another stooopid user-hostile design change. Another reason to use another browser.

Last edited Feb 3, 2020

Jamie Newell

Feb 5, 2020

Same problem...it's not listed in flags....did anyone figure it out?

PatrickCat

Feb 14, 2020

Simple solution for 2019+

Chrome 63 has added a css property to help out with exactly this. Have a read through this guide by Google to get a good idea of how you can handle it.

Here is their TL:DR

The CSS overscroll-behavior property allows developers to override the browser's default overflow scroll behavior when reaching the top/bottom of content. Use cases include disabling the pull-to-refresh feature on mobile, removing overscroll glow and rubberbanding effects, and preventing page content from scrolling when it's beneath a modal/overlay.

To get it working, all you have to add is this in your CSS:

body {

overscroll-behavior: contain;

}

Source: Stack Overflow - Disabling android's chrome pull-down-to-refresh feature

User 16549851846758961508

Mar 11, 2020

Ok google, how can I change css on all sites I ever visit?

You created an artifical problem and propose an ugliest way to fix it.

Just give user a way to disable the accidential refresh "feature"

ttn

Mar 13, 2020

It is all about money... Constant refreshing allows them to stuff new ads into the same content. Cha-ching. What a dick move.

id di

Mar 28, 2020

What a disrespect towards countless uses. Give us a choice.

Last edited Mar 28, 2020