How to disable scrollbar without hiding using jQuery ?

Last Updated : 28 Nov, 2019

A vertical or horizontal bar that is located at the corners of the page helps us to scroll the pages or containers upwards, downwards or sideways. So, the process is to disable the scroll bar but the scroll bar should be visible. In this article, we will disable the scroll bar by using .on() function. With the click of the button, we will make the scroll-bar visible but disable. Disable using jQuery with a button: Here once we disable the scroll event the scroll won't work whether we want to make the scrollbar visible or not. We gonna trigger the disable function with the click of the button. Syntax:

$(“selector”).on(event, function)

Example: This example illustrates the approach of disabling the scroll using visibility.

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <title>
        How to disable scrollbar without
        hiding using jQuery?
    </title>
    
    <script src=
"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js">
    </script>
    
    <script>
    
        // On click of button the scroll
        // gets disabled, still visible.
        $(document).ready(function() {
            $("button").click(function() {
                $("p").text("Scroll-bar is disabled"
                        + " but still visible.")
                $('#element').on("mousewheel touchmove",
                        function(e) {
                    e.preventDefault();
                });
            });
        });
    </script>
    
    <style>
    
        /*visible active scrollbar*/
        #element {
            height: 150px;
            width: 400px;
            border: 2px solid black;
            overflow: scroll;
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body>
    <center>
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        <div id="element">
            
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        </div>
        <br>
        
        <button>Click</button>
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    </center>
</body>

</html>