Feature request: fast scrolling through scrollbar using the wheel

[n6r5]

Hello! This pdf reader is great. I just miss a way for faster scrolling. I know that I can middle click to pan very fast, but that is hard to work with. An amazing feature that I saw in another pdf reader is that using the scrolling wheel while the cursor is over the scrollbar, the scrolling is faster/larger than when using the wheel normally. This is really helpful for quickly checking something and then continuing your read.
Another bonus feature that I'd love to see, but it's not as important as the first one, is the ability to use the wheel for zooming while keeping one button of the mouse pressed. This allows for quick, one handed zooming.

Thanks,
Best regards!

[Willy Van Nuffel]

Hello,

Fast scrolling
When you grab the slider in the vertical scrollbar and then drag it up or down, you can scroll fast through the pages of a PDF.
To have an overview of the content of the pages in your PDF, you can activate the Thumbnails pane.
To see more details in the Thumbnails pane, you can make it wider and also zoom in.

Zooming
I suppose you know about using CTRL + scroll wheel, to zoom in or out ?

Regards.

[n6r5]

Hi, of course I know all of that. My suggestion is a great new way of doing these things that I encountered in another app. Go check it yourself in Sumatra pdf to see how good it works. Unfortunately that reader is still lacking in the highlighting / commenting sector, which is why I started using pdf-xchange.
Thanks anyway for the tips.

[Willy Van Nuffel]

I have tried it out.

1) In SumatraPDF, scrolling goes indeed a lot faster when the mouse-pointer is over the vertical scroll bar.
In Adobe Reader there is no reaction at all in that case.
In PDF-XChange Editor, scrolling speed is equal, whether the mouse is over the scroll bar or not.

2) In SumatraPDF, press and hold the right-mouse-button while scrolling with the mouse wheel is used for zoom in or out.
In Adobe Reader there is no reaction in that case.
In PDF-XChange Editor, you can just scroll.

Wait and see what PDF-XChange support thinks about your request.

Kind regards.

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]

Hello Willy Van Nuffel, n6r5,

Thanks for the above discussion!
Indeed we do not currently have such scrolling and zooming options and it is not possible to e.g. set up Right mouse click + wheel UP as a custom shortcut for a command either.

I will make a note of this topic and check with our devs on our next feature requests meeting. As soon as I have their decision I will let you know.

p.s. The Mouse Click + Wheel combination for zooming was rejected as it could potentially cause other issues, but the Mouse Wheel over Scroll Bar was approved as a Feature Request:
#7367: FR: 'MouseWheel-over-ScrollBar -> FastZoom

Kind regards,
Stefan

[n6r5]

#7367: FR: 'MouseWheel-over-ScrollBar -> FastZoom

Good to head. Just a small correction, should be 'MouseWheel-over-ScrollBar -> FastScroll

[Daniel - PDF-XChange]

Hello, n6r5

Good catch, small typo in there, It has been fixed internally, the ticket number remains the same.

Kind regards,