A Vimeo embed hijacks scrolling/swiping events</a></h1> </div> <div class="grid fw-wrap pb8 mb16 bb bc-black-075"> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mr16 mb8" title="2016-01-12 19:07:53Z"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Asked</span> <time itemprop="dateCreated" datetime="2014-10-28T09:49:40.713" class="fromnow">Oct 28 '14 at 09:49</time> </div> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mr16 mb8"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Active</span> <time class="fromnow" title="2015-06-24T15:13:37.663" datetime="2015-06-24T15:13:37.663">Jun 24 '15 at 15:13</a> </div> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mb8" title="Viewed 3,513 times"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Viewed</span> 3,513 times </div> </div> <div id="mainbar" role="main" aria-label="questions and answers"> <div id="question" class="question" data-questionid="26605211" data-ownerid="901944" data-score="5"> <div class="post-layout"> <div class="votecell post-layout--left"> <div class="js-voting-container grid jc-center fd-column ai-stretch gs4 fc-black-200" data-post-id="26605211"> <button class="js-vote-up-btn grid--cell s-btn s-btnunset c-pointer"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="m0 svg-icon iconArrowUpLg" width="36" height="36" viewBox="0 0 36 36"><path d="M2 26h32L18 10 2 26z"></path></svg></button> <div class="js-vote-count grid--cell fc-black-500 fs-title grid fd-column ai-center" itemprop="upvoteCount" data-value="5">5</div> <button class="js-bookmark-btn s-btn s-btnunset c-pointer py4"> <svg aria-hidden="true" class="svg-icon iconBookmark" width="18" height="18" viewBox="0 0 18 18"><path d="M6 1a2 2 0 00-2 2v14l5-4 5 4V3a2 2 0 00-2-2H6zm3.9 3.83h2.9l-2.35 1.7.9 2.77L9 7.59l-2.35 1.7.9-2.76-2.35-1.7h2.9L9 2.06l.9 2.77z"></path></svg> <div class="js-bookmark-count mt4" data-value="0">0</div> </button> </div> </div> <div class="postcell post-layout--right"> <div class="s-prose js-post-body" itemprop="text"><p>We're using <a class="external-link" href="http://alvarotrigo.com/fullPage/">fullPage.js</a>, it provides a slideshow-like experience. We're embedding a Vimeo iframe into one of the slides which should cover the whole are of the slide.</p> <p>Everything works as a charm in Chrome, but in Firefox and iOS it is impossible to scroll/swipe over the Vimeo iframe. fullPage just won't react to it.</p> <p>I tried covering the video with a transparent div. Again, it works in Chrome, but on iOS the browser would not allow you start the video programmatically, so covering the video with a div makes it unable to start the video: Vimeo player says "Uncaught Error: The viewer must initiate playback first."</p> <p>Is there a solution for this issue?</p> <p>Here's a demo of the problem: <a class="external-link" href="http://jsbin.com/tunove/1/edit?html,output">http://jsbin.com/tunove/1/edit?html,output</a> The video is on the second slide. Scrolling/swiping over it won't switch slides in Firefox and iOS.</p></div> <div class="mt24 mb12"> <div class="post-taglist grid gs4 gsy fd-column"> <div class="grid ps-relative"> <a href="../../questions/tagged/javascript" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'javascript'" rel="tag">javascript</a> <a href="../../questions/tagged/jquery" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'jquery'" rel="tag">jquery</a> <a href="../../questions/tagged/css" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'css'" rel="tag">css</a> <a href="../../questions/tagged/vimeo" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'vimeo'" rel="tag">vimeo</a> <a href="../../questions/tagged/fullpage.js" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'fullpage.js'" rel="tag">fullpage.js</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mb0"> <div class="mt16 grid gs8 gsy fw-wrap jc-end ai-start pt4 mb16"> <div class="grid--cell mr16 fl1 w96"></div> <div class="post-signature grid--cell"> <div class="s-user-card s-user-card"> <time class="s-user-card--time" datetime="edited Oct 28 '14 at 12:15">edited Oct 28 '14 at 12:15</time> <a href="../../users/1081396/alvaro" class="s-avatar s-avatar32 s-user-card--avatar"> <img class="s-avatar--image" src="../../users/profiles/1081396.webp" data-jdenticon-width="32" data-jdenticon-height="32" data-jdenticon-value="Alvaro" /> </a> <div class="s-user-card--info"> <a href="../../users/1081396/alvaro" class="s-user-card--link">Alvaro</a> <ul class="s-user-card--awards"> <li class="s-user-card--rep" title="reputation score">40,778</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blinggold" title="30 gold badges">30</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingsilver" title="164 silver badges">164</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingbronze" title="336 bronze badges">336</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-signature owner grid--cell"> <div class="s-user-card s-user-card"> <time class="s-user-card--time" datetime="asked Oct 28 '14 at 09:49">asked Oct 28 '14 at 09:49</time> <a href="../../users/901944/andrey-mikhaylov-lolmaus" class="s-avatar s-avatar32 s-user-card--avatar"> <img class="s-avatar--image" src="../../users/profiles/901944.webp" data-jdenticon-width="32" data-jdenticon-height="32" data-jdenticon-value="Andrey Mikhaylov - 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Vimeo accepted my bug report and forgot about it. We use an ugly workaround. :(</span> – <a href="../../users/901944/andrey-mikhaylov-lolmaus" title="23,107 reputation" class="comment-user owner">Andrey Mikhaylov - lolmaus</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/26605211/a-vimeo-iframe-embed-hijacks-scrolling-swiping-events#comment46768175_26605211"><span title="2015-03-26T17:43:47.117 License: CC BY-SA 3.0" class="relativetime-clean">Mar 26 '15 at 17:43</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="answers"> <a name="tab-top"></a> <div id="answers-header"> <div class="answers-subheader grid ai-center mb8"> <div class="grid--cell fl1"> <h2 class="mb0" data-answercount="9">1 Answers<span style="display:none;" itemprop="answerCount">1</span></h2> </div> </div> </div> <a name="31030363"></a> <div id="answer-31030363" class="answer " data-answerid="31030363" data-ownerid="3277059" data-score="1" itemprop="suggestedAnswer" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Answer"> <div class="post-layout"> <div class="votecell post-layout--left"> <div class="js-voting-container grid jc-center fd-column ai-stretch gs4 fc-black-200" data-post-id="31030363"> <button class="js-vote-up-btn grid--cell s-btn s-btnunset c-pointer"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="m0 svg-icon iconArrowUpLg" width="36" height="36" viewBox="0 0 36 36"><path d="M2 26h32L18 10 2 26z"></path></svg></button> <div class="js-vote-count grid--cell fc-black-500 fs-title grid fd-column ai-center" itemprop="upvoteCount" data-value="1">1</div> </div> </div> <div class="postcell post-layout--right"> <div class="s-prose js-post-body" itemprop="text"><p>You may try this CSS solution:</p> <pre><code>element { touch-action: pan-y !important; } </code></pre> <p>Where element is you would put the vimeo embed class/id. I haven't tested this but I've had a similar issue with something else I had where the swipe action was stealing the scroll action. Hopefully it'll help in your case as well.</p></div> <div class="mb0"> <div class="mt16 grid gs8 gsy fw-wrap jc-end ai-start pt4 mb16"> <div class="grid--cell mr16 fl1 w96"></div> <div class="post-signature grid--cell"> <div class="s-user-card s-user-card"> <time class="s-user-card--time" datetime="answered Jun 24 '15 at 15:13">answered Jun 24 '15 at 15:13</time> <a href="../../users/3277059/sue" class="s-avatar s-avatar32 s-user-card--avatar"> <img class="s-avatar--image" src="../../users/profiles/3277059.webp" data-jdenticon-width="32" data-jdenticon-height="32" data-jdenticon-value="Sue" /> </a> <div class="s-user-card--info"> <a href="../../users/3277059/sue" class="s-user-card--link">Sue</a> <ul class="s-user-card--awards"> <li class="s-user-card--rep" title="reputation score">378</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingsilver" title="1 silver badges">1</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingbronze" title="12 bronze badges">12</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-layout--right js-post-comments-component"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <script src="../../static/js/stack-icons.js"></script> <script src="../../static/js/fromnow.js"></script> </body> </html>