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JUST discovered a Safari feature I didn't know about
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Posted by: MDesigner

With any IFRAME, TEXTAREA, or DIV (with an overflow:scroll), you can scroll with two fingers to scroll that element rather than pan the entire page!

So if you're replying to a long message on myspace, you can (before bringing up the keyboard), use two fingers to scroll to the top of the message, then tap at the beginning to start typing in the appropriate spot.

Very cool.

Posted by: RNF1968

I sometimes hit a link on a webpage when trying to scroll or pan and get pissed especially if I am on Edge. Are you saying the 2 finger sroll technique will not allow that? Maybe I am not follwing. I guess I will try it. Thanks for the tip and if that work sI will be very happy.

Posted by: johnnygadgets

I have found that there is a scroll bar on the outer edge (maybe left as well) that is not part of the page itself so with practice you can scroll a page without accidentally hitting some link. Slide your finger on the outer edge and you'll see the scroll bar.

Posted by: MDesigner

Nope I was not able to scroll by dragging on the left or right edge of this text box I'm typing in now. But, if I tap "done" to get rid of the keyboard, I can drag with two fingers to scroll the text in this text box which is quite cool. Maybe I'll post a video if people are still having trouble.

Posted by: hard_core

yes please post a vid. I'm curious to see what you're doing.

Posted by: MDesigner

http://youtube.com/watch?v=xzzAZM08csc

Posted by: trueone55

Nice find! Very Cool! I didn't know you could do that.