Disable Overscroll History
Prevent horizontal scrolling from triggering forward / backward page navigation.
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Summary
Since Chrome 80, horizontal overscroll navigation has - for now - become impossible to disable (due to the removal of the overscroll-history-navigation flag; see https://issuetracker.google.com/u/1/issues/172341945)
This extension simply utilizes the overscroll-behavior
CSS property to prevent overscroll navigation to help avoid frustration and accidental data loss.
Notice: You will need to refresh tabs after install to apply behavior. Specific websites may also opt back in to navigation behavior by force-overriding overscroll-behavior
(not likely but possible). The plugin may also not run on certain built-in browser pages, like chrome://settings, where you will still see overscroll navigation occur. The aim of this plugin is to override the default behavior for most websites to help avoid frustration and data loss where possible without excessive permissions. This plugin uses a single tiny CSS file.
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Disable Overscroll History is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Disable Overscroll History is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.
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