Why won't my Elementor homepage scroll?
A webpage editor can become completely unresponsive to mouse wheel scrolling due to plugin conflicts or broken JavaScript initialization. This locks the screen at the top of the page and forces users to rely on workarounds like the Structure Panel just to navigate lower.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
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- 1Adding custom CSS fixesDid this help you?
- 2Disabling plugins one by one to find conflictsDid this help you?
- 3Checking browser developer console for script errorsDid this help you?
- 4Double-clicking blocks inside the right-hand Structure Panel to force-jump the editor window lowerDid this help you?
- 5Changing basic page layoutsDid this help you?
- 6Toggling script options in the theme panelDid this help you?
- 7Clearing server cachesDid this help you?
- 8Checking plugin conflictsDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I am having an issue where my vertical mouse wheel scrolling is completely dead while editing my homepage inside Elementor. The builder screen is locked at the very top of the page, though I can still click on elements.”source ↗
“Right now, the only way I can get down the page is by double-clicking blocks inside the right-hand Structure Panel to force-jump the editor window lower.”source ↗
“homepage for live client website won’t scroll.”source ↗
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