Make scrollbar visible in mobile browsers

Try adding the below to your CSS, note that this is webkit specific: Demo Fiddle ::-webkit-scrollbar { -webkit-appearance: none; } ::-webkit-scrollbar:vertical { width: 12px; } ::-webkit-scrollbar:horizontal { height: 12px; } ::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb { background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, .5); border-radius: 10px; border: 2px solid #ffffff; } ::-webkit-scrollbar-track { border-radius: 10px; background-color: #ffffff; }

forcing web-site to show in landscape mode only

@Golmaal really answered this, I’m just being a bit more verbose. <style type=”text/css”> #warning-message { display: none; } @media only screen and (orientation:portrait){ #wrapper { display:none; } #warning-message { display:block; } } @media only screen and (orientation:landscape){ #warning-message { display:none; } } </style> …. <div id=”wrapper”> <!– your html for your website –> </div> <div … Read more

Overflow-x:hidden doesn’t prevent content from overflowing in mobile browsers

Creating a site wrapper div inside the <body> and applying the overflow-x:hidden to the wrapper instead of the <body> or <html> fixed the issue. It appears that browsers that parse the <meta name=”viewport”> tag simply ignore overflow attributes on the html and body tags. Note: You may also need to add position: relative to the … Read more

Detecting a mobile browser

Using Regex (from detectmobilebrowsers.com): Here’s a function that uses an insanely long and comprehensive regex which returns a true or false value depending on whether or not the user is browsing with a mobile. window.mobileCheck = function() { let check = false; (function(a){if(/(android|bb\d+|meego).+mobile|avantgo|bada\/|blackberry|blazer|compal|elaine|fennec|hiptop|iemobile|ip(hone|od)|iris|kindle|lge |maemo|midp|mmp|mobile.+firefox|netfront|opera m(ob|in)i|palm( os)?|phone|p(ixi|re)\/|plucker|pocket|psp|series(4|6)0|symbian|treo|up\.(browser|link)|vodafone|wap|windows ce|xda|xiino/i.test(a)||/1207|6310|6590|3gso|4thp|50[1-6]i|770s|802s|a wa|abac|ac(er|oo|s\-)|ai(ko|rn)|al(av|ca|co)|amoi|an(ex|ny|yw)|aptu|ar(ch|go)|as(te|us)|attw|au(di|\-m|r |s )|avan|be(ck|ll|nq)|bi(lb|rd)|bl(ac|az)|br(e|v)w|bumb|bw\-(n|u)|c55\/|capi|ccwa|cdm\-|cell|chtm|cldc|cmd\-|co(mp|nd)|craw|da(it|ll|ng)|dbte|dc\-s|devi|dica|dmob|do(c|p)o|ds(12|\-d)|el(49|ai)|em(l2|ul)|er(ic|k0)|esl8|ez([4-7]0|os|wa|ze)|fetc|fly(\-|_)|g1 u|g560|gene|gf\-5|g\-mo|go(\.w|od)|gr(ad|un)|haie|hcit|hd\-(m|p|t)|hei\-|hi(pt|ta)|hp( i|ip)|hs\-c|ht(c(\-| |_|a|g|p|s|t)|tp)|hu(aw|tc)|i\-(20|go|ma)|i230|iac( |\-|\/)|ibro|idea|ig01|ikom|im1k|inno|ipaq|iris|ja(t|v)a|jbro|jemu|jigs|kddi|keji|kgt( |\/)|klon|kpt … Read more

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