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How to prevent scrolling body content but allow scrolling navigation on mobile?

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How do I make a scrollable menu without scrolling?

With CSS: $('html, body'). css({ overflow: 'hidden', height: '100%' }); This will disable scrolling and bring you to the top of the page.

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Disabling scroll with only CSS. There's another way to disable scrolling that is commonly used when opening modals or scrollable floating elements. And it is simply by adding the CSS property overflow: hidden; on the element you want to prevent the scroll.

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I am trying to create an "off-canvas navigation" for my page. When the navigation is open, I want the body content to not be scrollable, but I still want to be able to scroll within the navigation menu if it extends beyond the visible area.

I also want the body content to remain in the same position when the menu is open(I found a solution that had me add position:fixed to the body when the menu is open, but this causes the page to scroll back to the top).

$(function() {
  $('.menu-toggle').click(function() {
    $('body').toggleClass('menu-open');
  });
});
body.menu-open {
  overflow:hidden; /* this does not prevent scrolling in mobile safari */
}

.menu-toggle {
  font-size:40px;
  cursor:pointer;
}

nav {
  background:#fff;
  width:100%;
  position:absolute;
  left:-100%;
}
  .menu-open nav {
    left:0;
  }
  nav ul {
    margin:0;
    padding:0;
    list-style-type:none;
  }
  nav ul li {
    padding:20px 0 20px 10px;
  }
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<html>
<body>
  <header>
    <span class="menu-toggle">=</span>
    <nav>
      <ul>
        <li>Link 1</li>
        <li>Link 2</li>
        <li>Link 3</li>
        <li>Link 4</li>
        <li>Link 5</li>
        <li>Link 6</li>
        <li>Link 7</li>
        <li>Link 8</li>
        <li>Link 9</li>
        <li>Link 10</li>
      </ul>
    </nav>
  </header>

  <div class="body-content">
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  </div>
</body>
</html>