Bug 191952 – iOS scroll disables pointer-events on absolute elements over the scrolling container

• Status: NEW
• Component: UI Events

[Aarbel]

**On iOS, when a container is scrolling, all the absolute elements above it don't receive touch events. When the scroll stops, touch actions works back on these elements. Do you know a way to fix it ?**

Test [this example](http://result.dabblet.com/gist/9f4dffd8311bdfb53c930820da4f9b2f/9a980198f42582b8c4aebcd09e26d4854104810d) on your IOS device (source code is [here](https://gist.github.com/Aarbel/9f4dffd8311bdfb53c930820da4f9b2f)). 
On this example when the list is scrolled, clicking on the "MENU" button makes the scroll stop, but the click event on the menu button isn't triggered, so it feels "buggy" for the user. What could be a simple way to fix this behavior, and trigger the click even if the container is scrolling ?

Thanks a lot for your help !
Insight: if the absolute div isn't above the scrolling container, everything works normally.


Reference with my stackoverflow post : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53461819/why-ios-scroll-disables-pointer-events-on-absolute-elements-over-the-scrolling-c

[jonjohnjohnson]

Related to [e-mail] comment here https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=183870#c9 specifically iOS handling of elements that aren't scroll containers stacked above scroll containers receiving all scroll interactions.