Cant stop page scroll with e.preventDefault();

Question

I want to completely disable scrolling on the page with jquery (NOT body overflow:hidden).

I thought this would work but for some reason it doesn't.

$( window ).on( "scroll", function(e) {
        e.preventDefault();
    });

http://jsbin.com/xatidu/4/edit?html,css,output – Aslan Mammadrzayev Feb 12 '18 at 08:41 — Aslan Mammadrzayev, Feb 12 '18 at 08:41
did you used datatables , because i had same issue – Aishwarya Mar 12 '19 at 13:12 — Aishwarya, Mar 12 '19 at 13:12

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

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I tried doing the same thing a month ago and managed to get it working like described here

edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

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answered Jun 10 '16 at 22:04

ga.breban

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