Disable Pull-down-refresh

Mattches · May 15, 2025, 6:39pm

We have a feature request for this open on our Github:

[Android] Add option to disable "pull to refresh"

opened 10:52PM - 18 Oct 24 UTC

enhancement feature-request OS/Android

### Description I have seen complaints from users stating that they would like …the option to disable the "pull to refresh" functionality in the Android app. These users state that they often accidentally refresh the page when simply trying to scroll through it, which can be a headache depending on the site being viewed (for example, filling out form data and then accidentally refreshing the page requiring you to input your information again). It's worth noting that most other browsers do not offer this option, which may actually be a good reason to include it. That said, Firefox does have a toggle to turn this feature off: ![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/57a0ca45-2d08-49f2-abf6-d1c7e0b54c0f) May be worth investigating how much work it may take to implement such a feature. ### Steps to reproduce N/A ### Actual result N/A ### Expected result N/A ### Reproduces how often Easily reproduced ### Brave version v1.71.114 ### Device - Brand/model: Any/all - Android version: Any/all ### Channel information - [x] release (stable) - [x] beta - [x] nightly ### Reproducibility - [ ] with Brave Shields disabled - [ ] with Brave Rewards disabled - [ ] in the latest version of Chrome ### Miscellaneous information _No response_

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Disable Pull-down-refresh

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