Slow page scrolling when using the mouse scroll wheel in LibreOffice Writer

Hi,

Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I’ll risk my life for it.

Since a while I’ve experienced that scrolling through a document with the mouse scroll wheel is very slow. It starts slow when scrolling through the pages and then the speed increases a bit, but it’s really sometimes very annoying.

On the other hand, when using the scroll bar instead, it’s lightening fast.

Is there a way to get rid of the slow mouse wheel scrolling behaviour so that it’s equally fast, whether you’re using the mouse scroll wheel or the scroll bar?

Best,
–Geert

Hello Geert

I am no expert in LibreOffice problems, but your problem looks like it might be being caused by the mouse itself.
Does your mouse have a wheel or little scrolling ball?
Is your mouse an Apple mouse which does not have any wheel or scrolling ball?
Suggest you try another mouse or a trackpad.
Is your mouse Bluetooth or connected by cable?
If you can, clean the mouse
I use both Windows and Apple mice and do not have any scrolling problems scrolling in LibreOffice.

Regards
PeeWee

This forum is for improving LibreOffice documentation. User support is https://ask.libreoffice.org/

Note that you should always disclose the information in your Help - About (LibreOffice - About on macOS) by clicking the copy button and pasting to your message.

AFAICS, it’s mentioned LibreOffice Help. Hence, I thought this would be the good place to ask for LibreOffice Help.

Appartently not.

@PeeWee : thanks for the quick response.

I am working with a wireless mouse (HM SM-2601) on Windows10.
Since you suggested it could be mouse related, I replaced - as a test - the wireless mouse with a wired one. Sadly, the result is the same. So, it’s apparently not related to the type of mouse: wired or wireless.

But since someone else just told me this is not the right place to ask such questions, I’ll re-ask the question on the - hopefully this time - correct forum.

Anyway, thanks to you!

Best,
–Geert

Hello Geert

Maybe you raise a bug report about the scrolling. That way the LO developers may know a solution.

Being one of the technical writers for LibreOffice I have come across a few bugs with LibreOffice. Reporting bugs is easy and they do get fixed.

Regards
PeeWee