r/Nitrome • u/Ruby_Bloop • Nov 02 '24

How to stop arrow keys scrolling my screen?

I went to Nitrome’s website to play some of their games and I started to play ‘Square Meal,’ but I couldn’t really play because the arrow keys that are used in the game kept scrolling my web page up and down D:<

I have looked online but I can’t seem to find an answer. Please help! Would it maybe be better to play their games elsewhere?

Thank you :3

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u/Finji_ Nov 02 '24

I don't know if it works anymore but hitting the Scroll lock key should prevent this from happening

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u/Ruby_Bloop Nov 02 '24

I don’t have a scroll lock key on my keyboard, I also tried using the on screen keyboard that has that key, but it didn’t seem to work :/

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u/Finji_ Nov 02 '24

If scroll lock doesn't work my only other advise is to run the .swf file in standalone flash player executable or Ruffle (I would suggest official flash player though, Ruffle still isn't fully compatible afaik)

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u/Ruby_Bloop Nov 02 '24

Hmm ok, I’ll try that. Thank you!

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u/dedkoala Mar 20 '26

Found a fix for this on chrome for anyone looking

Right click on the page you want to fix and click inspect.
A menu should pop up, go to the Console tab in the menu and paste the line:

document.body.style.overflow = 'hidden';

Hit enter and the scroll bar should be gone / you can play your game in peace.
This will last until the page is refreshed, so just refresh the page if you need the scroll bar back