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by NoMoreNicksLeft 1097 days ago
Dev tools, look at the html and body element, and uncheck overflow:hidden. Plus a strategic delete or two on the DOM tree.
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EdwardDiego 1096 days ago
They're getting sneaky about where the overflow:hidden is applied these days, and one site I encountered had JS that polled that attribute and reapplied it if it was modified.

I was impressed at their commitment to dickery.

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efreak 1096 days ago 

    Array.from(document.body.querySelectorAll('html,body, body > *, body > * > *')).forEach(e=>e.style.overflow='default!important')
Adjust number of levels as necessary. Adjust overrides as necessary. Array.from is probably overkill, but allows for more advanced queries like `e.parentNode.textContent.trim().toLowerCase().indexOf('sponsored')==0`
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DelightOne 1097 days ago
Why can't UBlock Origin do that?
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lyvxh 1097 days ago
It can, using CSS injection: example.com##body:style(overflow: auto !important)
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NoMoreNicksLeft 1096 days ago
That's kinda nice... trying to figure out if it needs to even be per-site or not... locking overflow's almost always gotta be hinky, doesn't it?

Anyway, just wanted to say thanks.

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lyvxh 1095 days ago
If you want to make it work for all sites, you need to turn on allowGenericProceduralFilters in the advanced settings.
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NoMoreNicksLeft 1097 days ago
I dunno. Maybe it can, and I'm just too dumb to configure it right?
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