Safari and Safari Technology Preview intermittently ignore clicks near bottom of webpage on macOS 27 Beta

Environment:

  • MacBook Air M4
  • macOS 27 Beta
  • Safari
  • Safari Technology Preview

Issue: I am experiencing an issue where mouse/trackpad clicks are intermittently ignored near the bottom portion of a webpage. The trackpad hardware appears to be functioning normally, as physical clicks are registered and the issue does not occur consistently across all browsers.

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Open Safari or Safari Technology Preview.
  2. Navigate to a webpage with interactive elements near the bottom of the visible page.
  3. Attempt to click links, buttons, or text fields located in approximately the bottom quarter of the browser window.
  4. Observe that clicks are sometimes not registered.
  5. Resize the Safari window so that the affected area is no longer located in the bottom portion of the screen.
  6. Attempt the same clicks again.

Expected Result: Clicks should be consistently registered regardless of their position within the webpage.

Actual Result: Clicks in the lower portion of the webpage are sometimes ignored. Resizing the window may temporarily resolve the issue.

Additional Information:

  • The trackpad itself appears to function normally.
  • Physical clicks are detected.
  • I have observed the issue in both Safari and Safari Technology Preview.
  • I tested the same website in Perplexity Comet, where the issue does not appear to occur.
  • This suggests the issue may be related to Safari’s rendering, hit-testing, event handling, or window management rather than the website itself.

Has anyone else been able to reproduce this on macOS 27 Beta?

Safari and Safari Technology Preview intermittently ignore clicks near bottom of webpage on macOS 27 Beta
 
 
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