I can’t understand why people doesn’t talk about this more … this is the case with my mouse since one year now without any practical solution.

My solution was to switch to a non Apple Mouse.

¯_(ツ)_/¯

This issue has stopped me from using Figma for a long time as I didn’t want to switch away from the Magic Mouse. I think I have found a solution that works.

In the accessibility section of System Settings there’s an option for “Use mouse for scrolling” under “Pointer Control”, “Mouse Options”. Toggling this switch off means the Magic Mouse no longer is able to scroll at all.

Obviously, this would be annoying to need to toggle every time you use Figma, so it’s possible to automate this setting using Keyboard Maestro.

I have two macros set up, one for when the Figma app is the active window (activates), and another for when the Figma app is no longer the active window (deactivates). This macro runs this shell script to turn off scrolling:

defaults write com.apple.AppleMultitouchMouse MouseVerticalScroll -int 0;

defaults write com.apple.AppleMultitouchMouse MouseHorizontalScroll -int 0;



/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/SystemAdministration.framework/Resources/activateSettings -u;

(Change -int 0 to -int 1 to turn scrolling back on)

This means the every item I switch to the Figma app, the scrolling issue is resolved. I can instead use the hand tool to navigate around the window.

No. This unfortunately is NOT a solution. It is helpful for those who spend 100% of their time in Figma. But that is not realistic. Figma is the only app, where I have this problem. Please fix.

Same here.

I was evaluating my team switching over to Figma from Sketch. This issue will make it a “no”.

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following up to the million years old topic my solution was to stop using magic mouse.

@Lawrence3 I have tried it, but this macro is working even when I don’t use Figma. I have set it up as shown in your screenshot, but it doesn’t help. When I change 0 to 1, scrolling in all apps is working; when it is set to 0, it doesn’t work in any apps.

I have this same issue and it’s driving me crazy. Magic mouse is way toooo sensitive while using Figma, please change it 😦

I love Figma but this issue has been bugging every single day for the last couple of years. Only now have I just discovered that other people are having the same issue.

clearly at Figma HQ, they don’t use magic mouse lol. I’ve found my solution as not using magic mouse at all. It’s not comfy anyway.

Hello there, I found a solution for preventing dragging on click (actually not sure it’s the same problem that you all have on Figma).

I just downloaded BetterTouchTool on https://folivora.ai/

That’s a shame we have to download an external app for a needy option as this one and i’m not affiliated with them but meh, it’s so bothering i’d be ok to buy the license (12$) if needed after the 45 days of trial.

Now I can click on any website and not see the whole page scrolling.

By the way, the software propose many features I have no idea about but I had NOTHING to configure, once installed it looks like it’s a default configuration.

Hope it helped someone.