position: fixed doesn't work on iPad and iPhone

Question

I have been struggling with fixed positioning in iPad for a while. I know iScroll and it does not always seem to work (even in their demo). I also know that Sencha has a fix

Answer 1

A lot of mobile browsers deliberately do not support position:fixed; on the grounds that fixed elements could get in the way on a small screen.

The Quirksmode.org site has a very good blog post that explains the problem: http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2010/12/the_fifth_posit.html

Also see this page for a compatibility chart showing which mobile browsers support position:fixed;: http://www.quirksmode.org/m/css.html

(but note that the mobile browser world is moving very quickly, so tables like this may not stay up-to-date for long!)

Update: iOS 5 and Android 4 are both reported to have position:fixed support now.

I tested iOS 5 myself in an Apple store today and can confirm that it does work with position fixed. There are issues with zooming in and panning around a fixed element though.

I found this compatibility table far more up to date and useful than the quirksmode one: http://caniuse.com/#search=fixed

It has up to date info on Android, Opera (mini and mobile) & iOS.

Answer 2

Fixed Footer (here with jQuery):

if (navigator.platform == 'iPad' || navigator.platform == 'iPhone' || navigator.platform == 'iPod' || navigator.platform == 'Linux armv6l') 
{
    window.ontouchstart = function () 
    {
        $("#fixedDiv").css("display", "none");
    }

    window.onscroll = function() 
    { 
        var iPadPosition = window.innerHeight + window.pageYOffset-45; // 45 is the height of the Footer
         $("#fixedDiv").css("position", "absolute");
         $("#fixedDiv").css("top", iPadPosition);
         $("#fixedDiv").css("display", "block");
    }
}

// in the CSS file should stand:
#fixedDiv {position: fixed; bottom: 0; height: 45px;  whatever else}

Hope it helps.

Answer 3

Had the same issue on Iphone X. To fixed it I just add height to the container

top: 0;
height: 200px;
position: fixed;

I just added top:0 because i need my div to stay at top