How to disable ScrollView dragging

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I have a scrollview that scrolls when I drag and when I use the scrollbar, but I want to disable dragging the scrollview. How do I do that?

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Answer by martin-protostar · Feb 19, 2016 at 12:41 AM

To disable dragging, set Vertical & Horizontal Scroll to false, then it can only be controlled by a scrollbar.

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calpolican · Feb 15, 2018 at 02:28 AM 0

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Tried this and the scrollbar disappeared. In my opinion it's a false statement, but if I missed something please tell.

huulong calpolican · Jun 29, 2022 at 02:23 PM 0

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Yes, this happens when Vertical/Horizontal Scrollbar Visibility is set to Permanent. Because unchecking Vertical/Horizontal actually means you want to disable scrolling completely and so Unity thinks that you don't need the scrollbar at all.

With visibility "Auto Hide" and "Auto Hide (and Expand Viewport)" it works, but that's still a hack I think? (as you're not supposed to scroll in this case; scrollbar just happens to still be plugged)

ulissescad · Sep 19, 2019 at 07:40 PM 0

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Thanks, help me a lot!

huulong · Jun 29, 2022 at 02:24 PM 0

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Remember to set visibility to "Auto Hide" or "Auto Hide (and Expand Viewport)" for it to work (see my other comment replying to calpolican).

Also note that if you press on a button inside the scrollable content and move the cursor a little too much before releasing the mouse button (or touch), the click action won't be registered.

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Answer by panayiotismilios · Aug 18, 2020 at 04:20 PM

In the ScrollView object, set the movement Type from Elastic to Clamped

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huulong · Jun 29, 2022 at 02:24 PM 0

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I tried it, and it changes the way it scrolls when dragged, but not disable dragging itself.

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Answer by renanbp · May 20, 2020 at 03:58 AM

I think I just found the answer. In the inspector for the ScrollRect Monobehavior, if you remove the reference to the Viewport there (set it to none), it appears that it solves the problem without causing any other issues. (Probably that's the only use for this reference, since the Content is the one manipulated by the scrolling)

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huulong · Jun 29, 2022 at 02:26 PM 0

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Sorry, it didn't solve the issue for me, and the inspector even complains if using some Auto Hide visibility.

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Answer by vin4bacchus · Sep 28, 2021 at 06:20 PM

In the ScrollRect script inspector of the ScrollView object, unclick the Horizontal checkbox directly below Content. This prevents dragging horizontally. Likewise the Vertical checkbox controls vertically. The scroll view can only be scrolled programmatically after unchecking.

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huulong · Jun 29, 2022 at 02:28 PM 0

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To be more exact, the scrollbar will also work in Auto Hide visiblity, no idea if it's a bug or by design. See my comments on martin-protostar 's post (which is similar to this answer).

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