Any way to prevent horizontal scrolling triggering swipe back gesture on OS X Lion Safari?

Question

I am working on a UI that uses horizontal scrolling in a div element (using overflow: scroll). I cannot scroll to the left, because it would start the

Answer 1

Yes, in order to disable default behavior (swipe, pinch etc.) all you have to do is to add:

event.preventDefault();

In you case simply register touchMove listener and use preventDefault() there (in function "touchmove").

element.addEventListener("touchmove", touchMove, false);