Use variable scrolling speeds in BBEdit

Jan 16, '03 10:26:20AM

Contributed by: =FireSt0rM=

This is something I recently discovered when I was working on massive MySQL database files and had to copy large portions of code separately.

Whilst selecting and scrolling down (or up) you will notice that if you have to copy several hundred (or thousands) of lines, the standard scroll speed is slow and you get bored of waiting to get to the end of what you need to select.

If you hold down the Command key you get a faster scroll. If you hold down Alt (Option) then you will get a faster scroll. If you hold down Command and Alt, you will get the fastest scroll, and then you can spend less time copying and more time pasting the data where it needs to be ;)

Hope this helps some of you save some time.

[Editor's note: This also works in the freeware BBEdit Lite, and is also effective when just using the scrollbars without an active selection.]

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