diff --git a/js/angular/directive/headerFooterBar.js b/js/angular/directive/headerFooterBar.js
index b2e1b1b3df7..d93b517a64e 100644
--- a/js/angular/directive/headerFooterBar.js
+++ b/js/angular/directive/headerFooterBar.js
@@ -80,8 +80,16 @@ function tapScrollToTopDirective() {
         });
 
         function onTap(e) {
-          if (ionic.DomUtil.getParentOrSelfWithClass(e.target, 'button', 4)) {
-            return;
+          var depth = 3;
+          var current = e.target;
+          //Don't scroll to top in certain cases
+          while (depth-- && current) {
+            if (current.classList.contains('button') ||
+                current.tagName.match(/input|textarea|select/i) ||
+                current.isContentEditable) {
+              return;
+            } 
+            current = current.parentNode;
           }
           var touch = e.gesture && e.gesture.touches[0] || e.detail.touches[0];
           var bounds = $element[0].getBoundingClientRect();
diff --git a/test/unit/angular/directive/headerFooterBar.unit.js b/test/unit/angular/directive/headerFooterBar.unit.js
index 07296bd27b8..1c4aec20528 100644
--- a/test/unit/angular/directive/headerFooterBar.unit.js
+++ b/test/unit/angular/directive/headerFooterBar.unit.js
@@ -27,7 +27,25 @@ describe('bar directives', function() {
         el.scope().$destroy();
         expect(ionic.off).toHaveBeenCalledWith('tap', callback, el[0]);
       });
-      it('should ignore tap if it\'s in a button', function() {
+      ['input','textarea','select'].forEach(function(tag) {
+        it('should ignore tap if it\'s in a ' + tag, function() {
+          var el = setup();
+          spyOn(ionic.DomUtil, 'rectContains');
+          var child = angular.element('<' + tag + '>');
+          el.append(child);
+          ionic.trigger('tap', { target: child[0] }, true, true);
+          expect(ionic.DomUtil.rectContains).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        });
+      });
+      it('should ignore tap if it\'s in a [contenteditable]', function() {
+        var el = setup();
+        spyOn(ionic.DomUtil, 'rectContains');
+        var child = angular.element('<div contenteditable>');
+        el.append(child);
+        ionic.trigger('tap', { target: child[0] }, true, true);
+        expect(ionic.DomUtil.rectContains).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      });
+      it('should ignore tap if it\'s in a .button', function() {
         var el = setup();
         spyOn(ionic.DomUtil, 'rectContains');
         var child = angular.element('<div class="button">');