Web-Facing Change PSA: Overscroll effect on non-root scrollers

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Dec 19, 2025, 4:46:29 PM (7 hours ago) Dec 19
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Specification
https://www.w3.org/TR/css-overscroll-1/#overscroll-behavior-properties

Summary
Shows elastic overscroll effects on non-root scroll containers. When a nested scrollable element reaches its scroll boundary, the overscroll affordance applies to that element instead of only the root scroller. This reduces the need for custom Javascript workarounds and can be controlled per element with overscroll-behavior.

Blink component
Blink>Scroll

Web Feature ID
No information provided

Risks


Interoperability and Compatibility
This feature is not developer-observable and presents no compatibility risk. Firefox and Safari already ship elastic overscroll effects for non-root scroll containers.

Gecko: Shipped/Shipping

WebKit: Shipped/Shipping

Web developers: No signals

Other signals:

WebView application risks

Does this intent deprecate or change behavior of existing APIs, such that it has potentially high risk for Android WebView-based applications?

No information provided


Debuggability
No information provided

Will this feature be supported on all six Blink platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux, ChromeOS, Android, and Android WebView)?
Yes
Only platforms with an overscroll effect will get one on non-root scrollers.

Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests?
No




Tracking bug
https://issues.chromium.org/issues/41102897

Estimated milestones
Shipping on desktop144
Shipping on Android144
Shipping on WebView144


Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status
https://chromestatus.com/feature/5195768556290048

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