Scrolling and Navigation

Being able to view your code and move your cursor to whatever line catches your eye is just as important as being able to type your code as effortlessly as possible.

Scrolling

We’ve all used the mouse wheel to scroll code and text within the editor. The following tips introduce a few new keyboard shortcuts to improve your scrolling experience. Also, you may want to know how to hide the scrollbars altogether. Hey, you never know when those few extra pixels will come in handy.

Tip 1.13: How to use the mouse wheel for scrolling in all directions

Did you know that you can press down on the mouse wheel and have it act as a third button? For many applications that have an editor, pressing the mouse wheel displays an icon indicating ...

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