EDIT: CodePen example
For AngularJS, I defined the following directive:
module.directive('isolateScrolling', function () {
return {
restrict: 'A',
link: function (scope, element, attr) {
element.bind('DOMMouseScroll', function (e) {
if (e.detail > 0 && this.clientHeight + this.scrollTop == this.scrollHeight) {
this.scrollTop = this.scrollHeight - this.clientHeight;
e.stopPropagation();
e.preventDefault();
return false;
}
else if (e.detail < 0 && this.scrollTop <= 0) {
this.scrollTop = 0;
e.stopPropagation();
e.preventDefault();
return false;
}
});
element.bind('mousewheel', function (e) {
if (e.deltaY > 0 && this.clientHeight + this.scrollTop >= this.scrollHeight) {
this.scrollTop = this.scrollHeight - this.clientHeight;
e.stopPropagation();
e.preventDefault();
return false;
}
else if (e.deltaY < 0 && this.scrollTop <= 0) {
this.scrollTop = 0;
e.stopPropagation();
e.preventDefault();
return false;
}
return true;
});
}
};
});
And then added it to the scrollable element (the dropdown-menu ul):
<div class="dropdown">
<button type="button" class="btn dropdown-toggle">Rename <span class="caret"></span></button>
<ul class="dropdown-menu" isolate-scrolling>
<li ng-repeat="s in savedSettings | objectToArray | orderBy:'name' track by s.name">
<a ng-click="renameSettings(s.name)">{{s.name}}</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
Tested on Chrome and Firefox. Chrome's smooth scrolling defeats this hack when a large mousewheel movement is made near (but not at) the top or bottom of the scroll region.