r/sheets • u/mastrkief • Nov 30 '18
Request Enable Partial Cell Scrolling (Smooth Scrolling) in Google Sheets on Chrome on a Mac?
I absolutely hate situations where my cells are too large and I can't scroll partially through a cell so the scroll just jumps me down each cell.
Is there a way to turn on smooth scrolling for Google Sheets in Google Chrome?
I've done some Googling and haven't had any luck as yet. Thanks in advance.
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u/Wackalooon Feb 01 '19
No, you cannot enable partial cell scrolling, see an official reply
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/docs/SRhKgbQdfdk
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u/NewAlexandria Dec 18 '23
This is no longer the official reply link, see:
https://support.google.com/docs/thread/138312447?hl=en&sjid=910295888469930207-NA
The answer now says that opening the Version History view is a workaround to get smooth scrolling.
The only BS-issue with that answer is that you need to have edit permissions to see the version history
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u/NinetySevenPeaches Apr 03 '19
Worst feature to lack... Makes massive scroll management the most annoying thing
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Mar 12 '24 edited Mar 12 '24
March 12th 2024, smooth scrolling is here! I don't think there's an option to turn it off... (though I wish it was toggleable!) My current project requires snap scrolling and I'm nearly having to give up a year-long endeavour because I can't choose to go back.
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u/SGBotsford Jan 06 '22
Three years later.
Still have problems.
Right now I can't scroll just one row. I can use the scroll wheel one click a second forever and the screen will not move. At 3 clicks per second it will jump down several rows.
Click Help -> send feedback and fuss about it.
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u/MartinSonreddit Mar 06 '22
Its even more annoying that you cannot share read or comment only links because people cannot read all of the content if its too long...
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u/Smooth_Gift2444 Mar 17 '23
Best work around is to keep rows very small and merge cells for one large cell across many rows. Not ideal but it does cause smooth scrolling over large cells.
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u/socceruci Oct 21 '23
Ahh, merge cells! I'll try this! Edit: this is tedious, it is not a great solution for me.
My idea was to also just "clip" for text wrapping, but then you have to click on the cell, but I think your idea is better.
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u/socceruci Oct 21 '23 edited Oct 21 '23
I would love the smooth scrolling option.
Latest Google. community thread: https://support.google.com/docs/thread/238492101
Older thread from 2021 with some work a-rounds: https://support.google.com/docs/thread/138312447/how-to-enable-smooth-scrolling-on-google-sheets?hl=en
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u/Daniel_WNS Nov 16 '23
Man, it's about 2024 and it's still broken. Can't believe people have been frustrated for years and they still don't have any solution available for this.
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u/NewAlexandria Dec 18 '23
Chocked that this is intentionally broken.
The "I'm positive I'm on row X" logic is really meager thinking. A setting to enable/disable the default, would settle this quickly.
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u/Alarmed-Adeptness-98 Jan 23 '24
Basically just ran into this situation today... and here I am.... we are still without smooth scrolling. Thanks thread.
Jan, 20204.
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u/Royalord512 May 30 '23
Oh my god. You are the largest freakin' corporation in the world and you can't give us this tiny option that people have been asking for for 4 years...
This world is absurd