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Mousing around the Figma canvas (horizontal scroll)

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How do you scroll around your Figma canvas with a normal scroll-wheel mouse?

I use a Magic Mouse for Figma work. That means I can scroll in any direction with a single finger on the top of the mouse, which is super convenient.

For ergonomic reasons I am moving to a larger mouse. Are there mouses other than Apple’s that have the touch surface on them? If not I guess I’m transitioning to a scroll wheel.

How do you navigate the canvas with a scroll wheel? Having to hold a modifier key to enter or change modes feels like it’ll be clumsy after the easy one-finger movement of the Magic Mouse.

3 replies

Gayani_S
Figmate
  • Gayani_S
  • Community Support
  • 1935 replies
  • June 14, 2024

Hey @spiff, thank you for reaching out!

For horizontal scrolling can you try holding hold shift and scroll?

Also for zooming in an out with a scroll-wheel mouse you can adjust it in your preferences.

Screenshot 2024-06-14 at 13.02.36

Let me know if this works for you, thanks!

Ezan_Asif
  • Ezan_Asif
  • New Member
  • 1 reply
  • November 22, 2024

Hi @Gayani_S I am holding Shift + scroll but it doesn’t scroll horizontally for me.

Gayani_S
Figmate
  • Gayani_S
  • Community Support
  • 1935 replies
  • November 28, 2024

Hey @Ezan_Asif, thanks for tagging me!
Could you let me know if you’re experiencing this issue in the browser, the desktop app, or both? Also, could you share what type of mouse you’re using?

I did some checking, and it seems we’ve logged a similar issue where horizontal scrolling with the Logitech Master 2 doesn’t work on the desktop app (Windows).

Gathering these details will help me investigate further and figure out what’s going on.

Thank you in advance!

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