Yes, I know. This question has been asked a thousand times before. Thanks to all you guys, I was able to find a solution that finally did the job for me in <= iOS7. However,
So this has been bothering me for ages too and I finally found a solution!
Pre iOS8, Safari has no subpixel rendering. Now that there is subpixel rendering, the reported element height is given as the subpixel decimal, and the scroll height is the actual rendered integer heigh. If you specify sizes in percent, this can result in the height being a fraction of a pixel smaller than it should be.
Instead of testing for
if (elem[0].scrollHeight > height) {
e.stopPropagation();
}
Testing for this will give you the rounded number that matches up.
if (elem[0].scrollHeight > Math.ceil(height)) {
e.stopPropagation();
}