# \[FEATURE\] Fix super slow scrollbar scroll speed **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition80\ **Created:** [September 16, 2020, 11:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-fix-super-slow-scrollbar-scroll-speed/38774 "2020-09-16T23:49:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2020, 11:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-fix-super-slow-scrollbar-scroll-speed/38774/1 "2020-09-16T23:49:39Z")
v8.1.0 Been meaning to post this for a few years… Scrollbar scroll speed in seemingly all parts of the Designer and Vision clients is really really slow (it seems like the scroll pixel amount per ‘click’ is very low, something like 1-2px). This includes things like: Script console, drop down menus, alarm tables, tables, list components, etc. etc. [https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/8/0/807914f34bd76b7b9bfc148a2791ab5d86defe61.mp4](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/8/0/807914f34bd76b7b9bfc148a2791ab5d86defe61.mp4) ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 12:03am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-fix-super-slow-scrollbar-scroll-speed/38774/2 "2020-09-17T00:03:16Z")
Only horizontally? Or vertically as well? ---
**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 12:05am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-fix-super-slow-scrollbar-scroll-speed/38774/3 "2020-09-17T00:05:02Z")
Both [https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/a/b/ab5837effd43d1e3e3d12a83e199cdd7b4a4d182.mp4](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/a/b/ab5837effd43d1e3e3d12a83e199cdd7b4a4d182.mp4) ---
**Author:** ![bmusson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bmusson/32/87530_2.png) [@bmusson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bmusson)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 1:18am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-fix-super-slow-scrollbar-scroll-speed/38774/4 "2020-09-17T01:18:51Z")
Props to @nminchin for bringing up all these creature comfort requests. There are others out here noticing this stuff 😉 (even if we aren’t always requesting fixes). ---
**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 1:19am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-fix-super-slow-scrollbar-scroll-speed/38774/5 "2020-09-17T01:19:54Z")
Haha, I figured that was the case. Or perhaps I’m just really good at complaining 😆 ---
**Author:** ![Matthew.gaitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/59ef9b/32.png) [@Matthew.gaitan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matthew.gaitan)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 2:43am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-fix-super-slow-scrollbar-scroll-speed/38774/6 "2020-09-17T02:43:39Z")
why not a bit of both 😛 ---
**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 9:31am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-fix-super-slow-scrollbar-scroll-speed/38774/7 "2020-09-17T09:31:14Z")
> [@nminchin](#): > > Or perhaps I’m just really good at complaining I figured everyone needs a hobby. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![levi\_jacobs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ba9def/32.png) [@levi\_jacobs](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/levi_jacobs)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 3:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-fix-super-slow-scrollbar-scroll-speed/38774/8 "2021-06-16T15:22:42Z")
I’ve been running into this issue as well. Are there any plans to change the scroll speed? ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-fix-super-slow-scrollbar-scroll-speed/38774/9 "2021-06-16T15:26:02Z")
Specific windows/toolbars/etc in the designer need to be fixed individually (it’s a Java Swing thing), but we are fixing things as they come up, yes. ---
**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 9:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-fix-super-slow-scrollbar-scroll-speed/38774/10 "2021-06-16T21:19:51Z")
Need to push the Swing a bit faster? 🕶 ---
**Author:** ![pascal.fragnoud](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pascal.fragnoud/32/24728_2.png) [@pascal.fragnoud](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pascal.fragnoud)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 1:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-fix-super-slow-scrollbar-scroll-speed/38774/11 "2021-06-17T13:07:48Z")
Gotta be careful, what goes up must come down… But thanks for posting about this, I’ve taken the habit of clicking and moving the slider instead of scrolling so I hardly notice it anymore, but… that would be a nice QoL improvement. ---
**Author:** ![dawid\_styczynski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@dawid\_styczynski](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dawid_styczynski)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-fix-super-slow-scrollbar-scroll-speed/38774/12 "2022-08-25T12:34:16Z")
Hi there, I managed to change the scrollbar speed of my template repeater. This should also work for any other Vision components. I simply fire this code on the window event internalFrameOpened: ```auto tr = system.gui.getParentWindow(event).getComponentForPath('Root Container.Template Repeater') tr.getComponents()[1].getVerticalScrollBar().setUnitIncrement(100) ``` hope it helps 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-fix-super-slow-scrollbar-scroll-speed/38774/13 "2022-08-25T18:09:25Z")
I actually use something similar for scrollable components, but fixing the path to the vertical scrollbar is a tiny bit prone to breaking in updates (fairly unlikely, but there’s still a chance if IA changes it up for some reason). So I find the vertical scrollbar instead in code and also set the scroll speed based on the number of items shown: ```auto def fixScrollSpeed(scrollableObj): ''' Description: Set the scroll 'speed' from extremely slow (default) to useable Usage: if event.propertyName in ['componentRunning', 'editor']: shared.components.scrollable.fixScrollSpeed(event.source) ''' components = scrollableObj.getComponents() # find the embedded JideScrollPane component for component in components: if str(type(component)) == "": scrollPane = component size = scrollPane.getSize() # set the scroll increment for the arrows to a fraction of the height of the scrollable panel scrollPane.getVerticalScrollBar().setUnitIncrement(size.height/4) #scroll amount for wheel and arrows # set the scroll increment when clicking on the scrollbar track piece to the height of the scrollable panel i.e. move 1 whole 'page' up/down scrollPane.getVerticalScrollBar().setBlockIncrement(size.height) #scroll amount clicking on scrollbar track ``` Unfortunately though it’s impossible\* to use something like this to change the scroll speed of the components in the Designer like the script console ☹ \*maybe it’s possible… but probably not ---
**Author:** ![johannes.bo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/johannes.bo/32/27628_2.png) [@johannes.bo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/johannes.bo)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-fix-super-slow-scrollbar-scroll-speed/38774/14 "2022-08-25T19:30:04Z")
Thankyou for the inspiration! With some tweaking I got it to work for Vision template canvas also:-) ```auto # set unit increment for the vertical scrollbar tc = system.gui.getParentWindow(event).getComponentForPath('Root Container.TC') verticalScrollPane = tc.getComponents()[2].getComponents()[1] verticalScrollPane.setUnitIncrement(10) ``` ---
**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 6:42am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-fix-super-slow-scrollbar-scroll-speed/38774/15 "2024-05-17T06:42:10Z")
Bump. This is still an issue in 8.1.31. It's so painful trying to scroll the output console... Using the mouse wheel, this is initial view: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/5/c/5c0ebd23ee9c9b922ad3cdf7909649cb615f185b.png) This is after scrolling a full flick of the wheel: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/1/f/1f158b6b4513089b6a6aa609b0fbfc8b718ff102.png) I got a whole 1.5 lines down. needless to say, it takes a LONG time to mouse wheel scroll down a long output. Same thing with horizontal scroll. Very painful ---
**Author:** ![justinedwards.jle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/justinedwards.jle/32/37854_2.png) [@justinedwards.jle](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/justinedwards.jle)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 7:36am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-fix-super-slow-scrollbar-scroll-speed/38774/16 "2024-05-17T07:36:02Z")
> [@nminchin](#): > > Unfortunately though it’s impossible\* to use something like this to change the scroll speed of the components in the Designer like the script console It's easy. Run this code from the script console, and it will apply the properties from your script to every scroll bar in the designer: ```python def fixScrollSpeed(scrollableObj): for component in scrollableObj.components: if 'ScrollBar' in component. __class__. __name__ : component.setUnitIncrement(component.maximum/4) component.setBlockIncrement(component.maximum) else: fixScrollSpeed(component) from java.awt import Window for window in Window.getWindows(): fixScrollSpeed(window) ``` ---
**Author:** ![Brandon\_Peterson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/brandon_peterson/32/32960_2.png) [@Brandon\_Peterson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Brandon_Peterson)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 11:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-fix-super-slow-scrollbar-scroll-speed/38774/18 "2024-06-03T23:33:32Z")
Thank you for this! I'll just add that 24 and 480 were pretty balanced for me. I think each line is 24px tall, and my Windows mouse properties multiply my mouse scroll by 3, so I get 3 lines in each tick of scrolling. Approximately 20x3 lines per "page" seemed fitting for the block increment too. ```python def fixScrollSpeed(scrollableObj): for component in scrollableObj.components: if 'ScrollBar' in component. __class__. __name__ : component.setUnitIncrement(24) component.setBlockIncrement(480) else: fixScrollSpeed(component) from java.awt import Window for window in Window.getWindows(): fixScrollSpeed(window) ``` I'm almost certain now that there's a way to do this to most Designer scrollables, but I'll have to dive into that another time... ---
**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 1:09am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-fix-super-slow-scrollbar-scroll-speed/38774/19 "2024-07-15T01:09:39Z")
Found another spot: Find/Replace tool content preview areas: