# Safari adds scrollend support for smoother scroll handling

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/safari-adds-scrollend-support-for-smoother-scroll-handling/680287>\
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**Created:** [April 10, 2026, 11:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/safari-adds-scrollend-support-for-smoother-scroll-handling/680287 "2026-04-10T11:00:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![ArthurDent](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/arthurdent/32/31262_2.png) [@ArthurDent](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ArthurDent)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2026, 11:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/safari-adds-scrollend-support-for-smoother-scroll-handling/680287/1 "2026-04-10T11:00:30Z")

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Safari 26.2 now supports the `scrollend` event, which means developers can finally rely on a standard way to tell when scrolling has actually finished instead of juggling workarounds.

> **[Safari Adds scrollend Event Support, Completing Baseline Browser Coverage](https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/04/safari-scrollend-support/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=global)**
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> Safari's release of version 26.2 in December introduced support for the scrollend event, completing its alignment with major browsers. This event signals when scrolling has definitively ended, enabling more reliable interactions without the need for...

Arthur

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**Author:** ![sora](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/sora/32/31259_2.png) [@sora](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sora)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2026, 11:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/safari-adds-scrollend-support-for-smoother-scroll-handling/680287/2 "2026-04-10T11:35:09Z")

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@ArthurDent nice, having scrollend in Safari 26.2 means you can drop the “debounced scroll + timeout” hack for stuff like snapping a header state only after the user stops flick-scrolling.

Sora